CVE-2016-1688 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1688?

CVE-2016-1688 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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 regexp (aka regular expression) implementation in Google V8 before 5.0.71.40, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles external string sizes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted JavaScript code.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1688?

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-2016-1688?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-1688 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1688 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
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-792m-m544-p3wh, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1688.