CVE-2016-1646: Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name
Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability
Vendor
Google
Product
Chromium V8
Added to the catalog
2022-06-08
Due date for US federal agencies
2022-06-22
Weaknesses
CWE-119
Catalog version
2026.10.30

Google Chromium V8 Engine contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly have another unspecified impact via crafted JavaScript code. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

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NVD analysis

Status
Analyzed
Published
2016-03-29T10:59:00.160
Last modified
2026-06-17T00:42:19.940
Weaknesses
CWE-125

The Array.prototype.concat implementation in builtins.cc in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.108, does not properly consider element data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

MetricScoreSeverityVectorScored by
CVSS 3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.09.3HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C[email protected] (Primary)

References

  • http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_24.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00000.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00001.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0525.html (Third Party Advisory)
  • http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3531 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035423 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
  • http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1 (Third Party Advisory)
  • https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=594574 (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List)
  • https://codereview.chromium.org/1804963002/ (Patch)
  • https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 (Third Party Advisory)
  • http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_24.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00000.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00001.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0525.html (Third Party Advisory)
  • http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3531 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035423 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
  • http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2955-1 (Third Party Advisory)
  • https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=594574 (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List)
  • https://codereview.chromium.org/1804963002/ (Patch)
  • https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 (Third Party Advisory)
  • https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-1646 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner
Chrome
State
PUBLISHED
Published
2016-03-29T10:00:00.000Z
Updated
2025-10-21T23:55:54.355Z
Problem types
n/a

The Array.prototype.concat implementation in builtins.cc in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.108, does not properly consider element data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

References

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2016-1646: Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-6c2790a384eb, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2016-1646 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T00:42:19.940.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-21T23:55:54.355Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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