Name: CVE-2016-1677: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-1677, CWE-200, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.09832

uri.js in Google V8 before 5.1.281.26, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, uses an incorrect array type, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by calling the decodeURI function and leveraging "type confusion."

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade chromium-browser	Jun 1, 2016	Jun 1, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade chromium-npapiUpgrade chromium-pulseUpgrade chromium	Dec 10, 2025	May 28, 2016
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade www-client/chromium.	Oct 30, 2017	Jun 5, 2016
Google Chrome	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Google Chrome	Jun 9, 2016	May 25, 2016
Redhat_linux	—	Upgrade chromium-browser-debuginfoUpgrade chromium-browser	Jun 1, 2016	Jun 1, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade chromium	May 31, 2016	May 28, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade liboxideqtcore0	Jun 6, 2016	Jun 5, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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