High
Security advisory
objects.cc in Google V8 before 5.0.71.32, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, does not properly restrict lazy deoptimization, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based 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-2016-1678
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:17 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
objects.cc in Google V8 before 5.0.71.32, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, does not properly restrict lazy deoptimization, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.
osv:CVE-2016-1678
Complete source record
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"summary": "objects.cc in Google V8 before 5.0.71.32, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, does not properly restrict lazy deoptimization, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:51.193466993Z",
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"https://crbug.com/595259",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2016-06-05T23:59:06.88+00:00"
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