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CVE-2016-1688

Published: Jun 5, 2016

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The regexp (aka regular expression) implementation in Google V8 before 5.0.71.40, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles external string sizes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted JavaScript code.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

openSUSE-SU-2016:1496

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

https://crbug.com/604897

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

openSUSE-SU-2016:1430

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://codereview.chromium.org/1927003003

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

openSUSE-SU-2016:1433

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

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