CVE-2016-1679 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1679?

CVE-2016-1679 is a high-severity use after free 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

The ToV8Value function in content/child/v8_value_converter_impl.cc in the V8 bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 does not properly restrict use of getters and setters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1679?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1679?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2016-1679 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1679 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-j3m8-66vj-w7rr, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1679.