CVE-2016-1662

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

extensions/renderer/gc_callback.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.94 does not prevent fallback execution once the Garbage Collection callback has started, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

CWE-416: Use After Free

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2016-05-14 21:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 6.0 (v. 6)

6.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary 6.0 (v. 6)

6.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary EUS 6.7z

6.7z

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary 6.0 (v. 6)

6.0

OpenSUSE 13.1

13.1

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_28.html

Vendor Advisory

openSUSE-SU-2016:1207

openSUSE-SU-2016:1208

openSUSE-SU-2016:1209

openSUSE-SU-2016:1655

RHSA-2016:0707

DSA-3564

89106

https://codereview.chromium.org/1887423002

https://crbug.com/603732

GLSA-201605-02

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