CVE-2016-1678 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Google V8 JavaScript engine, affecting Google Chrome and various Linux distributions. It arises from improper restrictions on lazy deoptimization, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other impacts via crafted JavaScript. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.0.71CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:v8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 50.0.2661.102CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.