CVE-2016-1677

medium

Description

uri.js in Google V8 before 5.1.281.26, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, uses an incorrect array type, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by calling the decodeURI function and leveraging "type confusion."

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07

https://crbug.com/602970

https://codereview.chromium.org/1936083002

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-06-05

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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