CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-1662

Published: May 14, 2016 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.8 IMPORTANT
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Chrome Google * 50.0.2661.87 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary RedHat chromium-browser-0:50.0.2661.94-1.el6 *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu devel *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu precise *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu trusty *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu upstream *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu wily *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu xenial *

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