CVE-2016-2843 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2843?

CVE-2016-2843 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 6 Mar 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.9.385.26, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2843?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Google V8.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2843?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2016-2843 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2843 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fvgr-rc9g-258g, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2843.