PT-2016-2150 · Google+5 · Google V8+6

Max Korenko · Published 2016-05-25 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2016-1688

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google V8 versions prior to 5.0.71.40 Google Chrome versions prior to 51.0.2704.63

Description The issue is related to the regexp implementation in Google V8, which mishandles external string sizes. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted JavaScript code. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For Google V8 versions prior to 5.0.71.40, update to version 5.0.71.40 or later to resolve the issue. For Google Chrome versions prior to 51.0.2704.63, update to version 51.0.2704.63 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the execution of crafted JavaScript code until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880

ALT-PU-2016-2194

BDU:2016-01503

CVE-2016-1688

DSA-3590-1

MGASA-2016-0214

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1430-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1496-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

RHSA-2016:1190

RHSA-2016_1190

USN-2992-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Google Chrome

Google V8

Opera

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2377

• 🔥 https://github.com/tunz/js-vuln-db/blob/master/v8/CVE-2016-1688.md · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1691 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1679 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2992-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1688 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1703 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1677 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1702 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1675 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1689 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html · Vendor Advisory