Out-of-Bounds Affecting oxide-qt package, versions <1.15.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.52% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-OXIDEQT-396851
  • published5 Jun 2016
  • disclosed5 Jun 2016

Introduced: 5 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-1688  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 oxide-qt to version 1.15.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream oxide-qt package and not the oxide-qt package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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