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CVE-2016-1688

CVE-2016-1688

EPSS 2.1%
The regexp (aka regular expression) implementation in Google V8 before 5.0.71.40, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles external string sizes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted JavaScript code.
Affected products
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References
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190https://codereview.chromium.org/1927003003https://crbug.com/604897https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1