8.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-1649
Google Chrome Angle Library Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Description

The Program::getUniformInternal function in Program.cpp in libANGLE, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.108, does not properly handle a certain data-type mismatch, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted shader stages.

INFO

Published Date :

March 29, 2016, 10:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-1649 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Google chrome
1 Opensuse opensuse

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-1649 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-1649 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=595836 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0525.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00000.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/334448 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_24.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-224 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3531 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035423 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00001.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/334448
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=595836
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_24.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3531
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00001.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035423
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00000.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0525.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-224
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00001.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035423 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0525.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-224 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:49.0.2623.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:49.0.2623.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/334448 No Types Assigned https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/334448 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=595836 No Types Assigned https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=595836 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3531 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3531 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:49.0.2623.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:49.0.2623.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 17, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 26, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3531
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 29, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:49.0.2623.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_24.html No Types Assigned http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_24.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 29, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.18 }} 1.19%

score

0.92412

percentile

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