High severity · published Jan 19, 2017
CVE-2016-5198
Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Vulnerability
In wildKEV
8.8
CVSS
34.2%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
V8 in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.90 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, and 54.0.2840.87 for Windows and Mac included incorrect optimisation assumptions, which allowed a remote attacker to perform arbitrary read/write operations, leading to code execution, via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)34.2% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Jun 8, 2022
Federal remediation dueJun 22, 2022
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 54.0.2840.90; before 54.0.2840.85; before 54.0.2840.87 · source: NVD
GC
Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.90 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, and 54.0.2840.87 for Windows and Mac ·
Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.90 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, and 54.0.2840.87 for Windows and Mac · source: vendor
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
CV
Chromium V8 · Google
All versions, or not specified · source: KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5198
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5198
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://crbug.com/659475
vdb-entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079
vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224
vendor-advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
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