8.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-1669
Google Chrome Buffer Overflow in V8 Zone Memory Allocation
Description
The Zone::New function in zone.cc in Google V8 before 5.0.71.47, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102, does not properly determine when to expand certain memory allocations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.
INFO
Published Date :
May 14, 2016, 9:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 2:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2016-1669 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
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CVE-2016-1669.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2016-1669 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-1669 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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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 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0880 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1080.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00043.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0881 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://codereview.chromium.org/1945313002 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0882 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2960-1 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CITS5GIUTNWVSUXMSORIAJJLQBEGL2CK/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZPTKXI62OPCJCJGCSFMST4HIBQ27J72W/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://crbug.com/606115 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05347541 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0879 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00063.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00050.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 [No types assigned] Removed Reference Google Inc. https://codereview.chromium.org/1945313002 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html Removed Reference Google Inc. https://crbug.com/606115 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00063.html Removed Reference Google Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CITS5GIUTNWVSUXMSORIAJJLQBEGL2CK/ Removed Reference Google Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZPTKXI62OPCJCJGCSFMST4HIBQ27J72W/ Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1080.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2960-1 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00050.html Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00043.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872 Removed Reference Google Inc. https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05347541 Removed Reference Google Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0882 Removed Reference Google Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0881 Removed Reference Google Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0880 Removed Reference Google Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0879 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html Removed Reference Google Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 -
CVE Source Update by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Jan. 19, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.10.0 up to (excluding) 0.10.46 *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.12.0 up to (excluding) 0.12.15 *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.0 up to (excluding) 4.4.6 OR *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.10.0 up to (excluding) 0.10.46 *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.12.0 up to (excluding) 0.12.15 *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.0 up to (including) 4.1.2 *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.2.0 up to (excluding) 4.4.6 *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.0 up to (excluding) 5.12.0 *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.0.0 up to (including) 6.2.0 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 16, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00043.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00043.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00050.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00050.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00063.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00063.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1080.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1080.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2960-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2960-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0879 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0879 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0880 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0880 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0881 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0881 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0882 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0882 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://codereview.chromium.org/1945313002 No Types Assigned https://codereview.chromium.org/1945313002 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/606115 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/606115 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05347541 No Types Assigned https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05347541 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CITS5GIUTNWVSUXMSORIAJJLQBEGL2CK/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CITS5GIUTNWVSUXMSORIAJJLQBEGL2CK/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZPTKXI62OPCJCJGCSFMST4HIBQ27J72W/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZPTKXI62OPCJCJGCSFMST4HIBQ27J72W/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.10.0 up to (excluding) 0.10.46 *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.12.0 up to (excluding) 0.12.15 *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.0 up to (excluding) 4.4.6 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* -
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]
Feb. 23, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0882 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0881 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0880 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0879 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05347541 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 01, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2960-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00050.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00043.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 30, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1080.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00063.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CITS5GIUTNWVSUXMSORIAJJLQBEGL2CK/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZPTKXI62OPCJCJGCSFMST4HIBQ27J72W/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 02, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:v8:5.0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:50.0.2661.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:50.0.2661.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:v8:5.0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 Third Party Advisory -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:v8:5.0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:50.0.2661.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:v8:5.0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:50.0.2661.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 14, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 18, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:v8:5.0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:50.0.2661.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (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/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html No Types Assigned http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 16, 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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-1669 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-1669
weaknesses.
CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call
CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities
CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion
CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File
CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags
CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers
CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
3.47 }} 0.26%
score
0.90555
percentile
CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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