CVE-2016-2051
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.8.271.17, as used in Google Chrome...
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.8.271.17, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.8.271.17, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-2051- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.8.271.17, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-2051- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3156 No score
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.8.271.17, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2016-3156- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3m6g-295f-v8cf
9.8
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.8.271.17, as used in Google Chrome...
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.8.271.17, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
GHSA-3m6g-295f-v8cf- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2051
9.8
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.8.271.17, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2051- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2877-1 No score
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
A bad cast was discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via renderer crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed render process. (CVE-2016-1612)
An issue was discovered when initializing the UnacceleratedImageBufferSurface class in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-1614)
An issue was discovered with the CSP implementation in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to determine whether specific HSTS sites had been visited by reading a CSP report. (CVE-2016-1617)
An issue was discovered with random number generator in Blink. An attacker could potentially exploit this to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms. (CVE-2016-1618)
Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2016-1620)
Multiple security issues were discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial of service via renderer crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed render process. (CVE-2016-2051)
Multiple security issues were discovered in Harfbuzz. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via renderer crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed render process. (CVE-2016-2052)
- Record
USN-2877-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
chromium-browserRed Hat:rhel_extras:6 From an advisory covering 12 CVEs |
before 0:48.0.2564.82-1.el6 | 0:48.0.2564.82-1.el6 |
chromium-browser-debuginfoRed Hat:rhel_extras:6 From an advisory covering 12 CVEs |
before 0:48.0.2564.82-1.el6 | 0:48.0.2564.82-1.el6 |
chromium-browserUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 48.0.2564.82-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1108, plus listed versions 29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu231.0.1650.63-0ubuntu1~20131204.132.0.1700.107-0ubuntu1~20140204.977.133.0.1750.152-0ubuntu1~pkg995.134.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2 Show 15 moreShow less36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg102937.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104237.0.2062.120-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104938.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106139.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106440.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106840.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106941.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.107643.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.108943.0.2357.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109244.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109545.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109745.0.2454.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109947.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110647.0.2526.106-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1107 |
48.0.2564.82-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1108 |
oxide-qtUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 1.12.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions 1.0.0~bzr437-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr452-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr475-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr490-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu1 Show 20 moreShow less1.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu21.0.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.0.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.1.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.2.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.3.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.31.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.6.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.8.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.9.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.9.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.10.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.11.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.11.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
1.12.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
chromium-browserUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 48.0.2564.82-0ubuntu1.1222, plus listed versions 45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.120147.0.2526.73-0ubuntu1.121847.0.2526.106-0ubuntu1.1221 |
48.0.2564.82-0ubuntu1.1222 |
oxide-qtUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 1.12.5-0ubuntu1, plus listed versions 1.9.5-0ubuntu11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.21.11.3-0ubuntu31.11.4-0ubuntu11.11.5-0ubuntu1 |
1.12.5-0ubuntu1 |
libv8-3.14Ubuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.14.5.8-5ubuntu2 |
None known |
libv8-3.14Ubuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.14.5.8-11ubuntu1 |
None known |
oxide-qtUbuntu:14.04:LTS From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 1.12.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions 1.0.0~bzr437-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr452-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr475-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr490-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu1 Show 20 moreShow less1.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu21.0.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.0.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.1.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.2.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.3.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.31.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.6.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.8.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.9.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.9.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.10.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.11.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.11.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
1.12.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-2051 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Google Chrome, published January 25, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.98%, the 62nd percentile. Fixed in chromium-browser 48.0.2564.82-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1108.
References
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2877-1
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html
securitytracker.com/id/1034801
securityfocus.com/bid/81431
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2051
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github.com/advisories/GHSA-3m6g-295f-v8cf
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0072
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300988
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300989
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300990
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300991
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300992
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300993
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300994
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300995
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300996
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1301550
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1301553
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2016/rhsa-2016_0072.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8947
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8947
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8947
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1612
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1612
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1612
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1613
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1613
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1613
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1614
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1614
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1614
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1615
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1615
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1615
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1616
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1616
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1616
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1617
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1617
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1617
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1618
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1618
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1618
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1619
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1619
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1619
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1620
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1620
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1620
googlechromereleases.blogspot.fr/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2051
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2051
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2052
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2052
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2052
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2051
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2877-1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1612
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1614
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1617
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1618
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1620
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2052