chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in v8
Published Jun 5, 2016
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.10%
Description
The regexp (aka regular expression) implementation in Google V8 before 5.0.71.40, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles external string sizes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted JavaScript code.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 14.04
- 15.10
- 16.04
- 8.0
- 42.1
- 13.2
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 12.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:51.0.2704.63-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1190
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:51.0.2704.63-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1190 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.10% (0.02097) | 80.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.10% (0.02097) | 79.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.81% (0.04805) | 88.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 12.96% (0.12962) | 90.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.81% (0.04805) | 88.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.52% (0.02517) | 90.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 22, 2024 | 2.52% (0.02517) | 89.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 2.32% (0.02323) | 88.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 6, 2023 | 1.42% (0.01415) | 84.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2023 | 1.25% (0.01252) | 83.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2023 | 1.07% (0.01067) | 82.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 27, 2023 | 1.00% (0.01002) | 81.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.84% (0.00838) | 79.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1688 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340022 Issue Tracking
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1927003003 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/604897 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1688
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1688
Change history (0)
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