PT-2016-4892 · Opera+5 · Opera+7

Published 2016-04-28 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-1663

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 50.0.2661.94 Opera (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the SerializedScriptValue::transferArrayBuffers function in the V8 bindings in Blink, which mishandles certain array-buffer data structures. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 50.0.2661.94, update to version 50.0.2661.94 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.

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2194

CVE-2016-1663

DSA-3564-1

MGASA-2016-0160

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1208-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1209-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1655-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

RHSA-2016:0707

RHSA-2016_0707

USN-2960-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Blink

Google Chrome

Opera

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

V8

References · 2368

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1669 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1660 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1665 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1666 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0160.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1661 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1670 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2960-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1663 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1668 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2960-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0160 · Vendor Advisory