Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-1669

Title: Google V8 Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-1669.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date May 14, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.63%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-1669: The Zone::New function in zone.cc in Google V8 before 5.0.71.47, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102, does not properly determine when to expand certain memory allocations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

Impacted Vendors

G
google 2
N
nodejs 1
J
joyent 1
T
techland 1

Reference Links

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00043.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00050.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00063.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1080.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2960-1 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0879 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0880 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0881 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0882 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 https://codereview.chromium.org/1945313002 https://crbug.com/606115 https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05347541 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CITS5GIUTNWVSUXMSORIAJJLQBEGL2CK/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZPTKXI62OPCJCJGCSFMST4HIBQ27J72W/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00043.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00050.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00063.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1080.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2960-1 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0879 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0880 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0881 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0882 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 https://codereview.chromium.org/1945313002 https://crbug.com/606115 https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05347541 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CITS5GIUTNWVSUXMSORIAJJLQBEGL2CK/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZPTKXI62OPCJCJGCSFMST4HIBQ27J72W/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-1669 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.