CVE-2016-1660

Publication date 29 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.94, mishandles assertions in the WTF::BitArray and WTF::double_conversion::Vector classes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1237
15.10 wily
Fixed 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.15.10.1.1227
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1117
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
oxide-qt 16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.14.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
15.10 wily
Fixed 1.14.8-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.14.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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