CVE-2016-1677 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1677?

CVE-2016-1677 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 5 Jun 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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."

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1677?

It affects 10 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Google V8, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse and 4 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1677?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-1677 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1677 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3hwq-9jq5-p7f9, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1677.