Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability in Google V8's LoadBuffer Implementation

CVE-2016-1653 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The LoadBuffer implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75, mishandles data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that triggers an out-of-bounds write operation, related to compiler/pipeline.cc and compiler/simplified-lowering.cc.

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