CVE-2016-1679

high

Published 2016-06-05 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
8.0	Affected	—

Red Hat Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
6.0	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
42.1	Affected	—
13.2	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
16.04	Affected	—
15.10	Affected	—
14.04	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
google	chrome	`{"endIncluding":"50.0.2661.102"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.