CVE-2016-1678 Information

Description

objects.cc in Google V8 before 5.0.71.32 as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 does not properly restrict lazy deoptimization which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190 https://codereview.chromium.org/1875053002 https://crbug.com/595259 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8