CVE-2016-3679 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2016-3679?

CVE-2016-3679 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 29 Mar 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

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.9.385.33, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.108, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3679?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Google Chrome, Google V8, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3679?

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-2016-3679 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3679 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-qx7q-p6mr-vrqp, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3679.