CVE-2016-1646

Known Exploited Public Exploit

Description

The Array.prototype.concat implementation in builtins.cc in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.108, does not properly consider element data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 71.87% Top 5%
KEV Since 
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory blogspot.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0525.html vendor advisory third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00000.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_24.html vendor advisory release notes
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3531 vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://codereview.chromium.org/1804963002/ patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035423 vdb entry broken link third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00001.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=594574 exploit issue tracking mailing list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1 vendor advisory third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 vendor advisory third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-1646?
CVE-2016-1646 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-1646?
To fix CVE-2016-1646, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-1646 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is confirmed that CVE-2016-1646 is actively exploited. Be extra cautious if you are using vulnerable components. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~72% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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