CVE-2016-1677

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

uri.js in Google V8 before 5.1.281.26, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, uses an incorrect array type, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by calling the decodeURI function and leveraging "type confusion."

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 15.10, 16.04
Debian Linux: 8.0
Google Chrome: through 50.0.2661.102
Google V8: through 5.1.281
openSUSE Leap: 42.1
Opensuse: 13.2
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise: 12.0

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190
https://codereview.chromium.org/1936083002
https://crbug.com/602970
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07

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