Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201616790000000
Revision Date:2016-06-05Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-1679 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:The ToV8Value function in content/child/v8_value_converter_impl.cc in the V8 bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 does not properly restrict use of getters and setters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-1679
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • chromium-browser package in cosmic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu2~cm1').
  • OR libv8-3.14: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'libv8 not supported').
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