PT-2016-1737 · Google+5 · Google V8+6

Choongwoo Han · Published 2016-04-13 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2016-1653

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 50.0.2661.75 Opera (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the LoadBuffer implementation in Google V8, which mishandles data types. This can be exploited by remote attackers using crafted JavaScript code, potentially leading to a denial of service or other unspecified impacts due to an out-of-bounds write operation. The issue is related to the files compiler/pipeline.cc and compiler/simplified-lowering.cc.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 50.0.2661.75, update to version 50.0.2661.75 or later to resolve the issue. For Opera, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880

ALT-PU-2016-2194

BDU:2016-01063

CVE-2016-1653

DSA-3549-1

MGASA-2016-0143

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1061-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1135-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1136-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

RHSA-2016:0638

RHSA-2016_0638

USN-2955-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Google Chrome

Google V8

Opera

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2368

• 🔥 https://github.com/tunz/js-vuln-db/blob/master/v8/CVE-2016-1653.md · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2955-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00050.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1649 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1653 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2955-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1653 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00049.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1653 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1654 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html · Vendor Advisory