CVE-2016-1653

NameCVE-2016-1653
DescriptionThe LoadBuffer implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75, mishandles data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that triggers an out-of-bounds write operation, related to compiler/pipeline.cc and compiler/simplified-lowering.cc.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3549-1

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
chromium-browsersourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
chromium-browsersourcejessie50.0.2661.75-1~deb8u1DSA-3549-1
chromium-browsersource(unstable)50.0.2661.75-1
libv8source(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

[wheezy] - chromium-browser <end-of-life> (Not supported in Wheezy)
libv8 not covered by security support

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