High
Security advisory
The Zone::New function in zone.cc in Google V8 before 5.0.71.47, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102, does not properly determine when to expand certain memory allocations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-1669
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:23 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The Zone::New function in zone.cc in Google V8 before 5.0.71.47, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102, does not properly determine when to expand certain memory allocations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.
osv:CVE-2016-1669
Complete source record
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"https://codereview.chromium.org/1945313002",
"https://crbug.com/606115",
"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05347541",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CITS5GIUTNWVSUXMSORIAJJLQBEGL2CK/",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZPTKXI62OPCJCJGCSFMST4HIBQ27J72W/",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0879",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0880",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0881",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0882",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336",
"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02"
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