CVE-2016-5198 KEV
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 34.2% (pctl 98)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-06-22.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 34.16% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-06-22 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-01-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2022-06-08 |
| Due | 2022-06-22 |
| Vendor / product | Google / Chromium V8 |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (8)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | macos |
| android | |
| chrome | |
| linux | linux kernel |
| microsoft | windows |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/659475
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/659475
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-5198
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