CVE-2016-5198

HIGHCISA KEV

8.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published1/19/2017

Last Modified4/21/2026

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorGoogle

ProductChromium V8

Vulnerability NameGoogle Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2022-06-08

Remediation Due Date2022-06-22

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

apple:macosgoogle:androidgoogle:chromelinux:linux_kernelmicrosoft:windowsredhat:enterprise_linux_desktopredhat:enterprise_linux_serverredhat:enterprise_linux_workstation

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787CWE-787

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html(chrome-cve-admin@google.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079(chrome-cve-admin@google.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224(chrome-cve-admin@google.com)

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html(chrome-cve-admin@google.com)

https://crbug.com/659475(chrome-cve-admin@google.com)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://crbug.com/659475(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-5198(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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