PT-2016-2161 · Google+5 · Google Chrome+6

Guang Gong · Published 2016-05-25 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2016-1677

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google V8 versions prior to 5.1.281.26 Google Chrome versions prior to 51.0.2704.63

Description The issue is caused by the use of an incorrect array type in the uri.js component of the V8 browser engine. This allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by calling the decodeURI function and leveraging "type confusion." The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information provided about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For Google V8 versions prior to 5.1.281.26, update to version 5.1.281.26 or later. For Google Chrome versions prior to 51.0.2704.63, update to version 51.0.2704.63 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of the decodeURI function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880

ALT-PU-2016-2194

BDU:2016-01514

CVE-2016-1677

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

Opera

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

V8

References · 2377

• 🔥 https://github.com/tunz/js-vuln-db/blob/master/v8/CVE-2016-1677.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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1703 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1677 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1677 · Security Note
• 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