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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-5129: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 23, 2016
Added
Oct 1, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

Google V8 before 5.2.361.32, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, does not properly process left-trimmed objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-nodejs
Title
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