CVE-2016-1654 — Improper Input Validation in Google Chrome

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.5%
top 14.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Google ChromeCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 18
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The media subsystem in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 does not initialize an unspecified data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read operation) via unknown vectors.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDgoogle/chrome49.0.2623.112
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Linux Enterprise 12.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 15.10, 16.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-2prq-w3xp-938f: The media subsystem in Google Chrome before 50↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-1654: The media subsystem in Google Chrome before 50↗2016-04-18
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OSV
CVE-2016-1654: The media subsystem in Google Chrome before 50↗2016-04-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Oxide vulnerabilities↗2016-04-27
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: uninitialized memory read in media↗2016-04-13
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1654 chromium-browser: uninitialized memory read in media↗2016-04-14
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