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CVE-2016-1679

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-06-05 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The ToV8Value function in content/child/v8_value_converter_impl.cc in the V8 bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 does not properly restrict use of getters and setters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 15.10, 16.04
• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Google Chrome: through 50.0.2661.102
• 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/1930953002
• https://crbug.com/606390
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07

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