CVE-2016-1653: canonical ubuntu_linux

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1653 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 18-04-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The LoadBuffer implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75, mishandles data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that triggers an out-of-bounds write operation, related to compiler/pipeline.cc and compiler/simplified-lowering.cc.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.