CVE-2016-1691: canonical ubuntu_linux

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1691 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 05-06-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles coincidence runs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted curves, related to SkOpCoincidence.cpp and SkPathOpsCommon.cpp.

• 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.