CVE-2016-1688

Name	CVE-2016-1688
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-3590-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
chromium-browser (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	57.0.2987.98-1~deb8u1	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	71.0.3578.80-1~deb9u1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin
chromium-browser	source	wheezy	(unfixed)	end-of-life
chromium-browser	source	jessie	51.0.2704.63-1~deb8u1		DSA-3590-1
chromium-browser	source	(unstable)	51.0.2704.63-1
libv8	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

[wheezy] - chromium-browser <end-of-life> (Not supported in Wheezy)
libv8 not covered by security support