Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20161688000
Revision Date:2016-06-05Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-1688 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-1688
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'chromium-browser' package in cosmic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu2~cm1').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'libv8 not supported').
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