Is CVE-2016-1678 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-1678 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-1678?

CVE-2016-1678 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-1678?

CVE-2016-1678 has an EPSS score of 1.64% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1678?

Upgrade liboxideqtcore0 on ubuntu 14.04 to 1.15.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-1678

HIGHEPSS 73th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

objects.cc in Google V8 before 5.0.71.32, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, does not properly restrict lazy deoptimization, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

liboxideqtcore0Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.15.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-2992-1

Fixed in:1.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-2992-1

oxide-qtUbuntu

Fixed in:1.15.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-2992-1

Fixed in:1.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-2992-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.64%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references12

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.