CVE-2016-1646
Google Chromium V8: Out-of-Bounds Read
As of , CVE-2016-1646 in Google Chromium V8 is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 8 June 2022
- US federal deadline
- 22 June 202214 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.48Higher than 98% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.02 on 8 June 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Google Chromium V8 Engine contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly have another unspecified impact via crafted JavaScript code. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
CISA's description
The Array.prototype.concat implementation in builtins.cc in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.108, does not properly consider element data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.
The CVE record's description, from Chrome
- CVE published
- 29 March 2016
- Assigned by
- Chrome
- CVSS
- 8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-125
- Out-of-bounds Read
- CWE-119
- Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Chromium V8: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-17463Remote Code Execution | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.85; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.85 | ||
| CVE-2019-5825Out-of-Bounds Write | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.56; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.56 | ||
| CVE-2020-6418Type Confusion | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.79; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.79 | ||
| CVE-2021-21220Improper Input Validation | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.70 | 0.70 | ||
| CVE-2018-6065Integer Overflow | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekEPSS 0.60; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.60 | ||
| CVE-2021-21224Type Confusion | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekEPSS 0.84 | 0.84 | ||
| CVE-2021-30551Type Confusion | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekEPSS 0.65 | 0.65 | ||
| CVE-2021-30632Out-of-Bounds Write | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekEPSS 0.63 | 0.63 | ||
| CVE-2026-85046Type Confusion | Google Chromium V8 | Patch soon | 0.49 | ||
| CVE-2023-4762Type Confusion | Google Chromium V8 | Patch soon | 0.41 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org