CVE-2016-9651 EXPLOIT
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 11.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
A missing check for whether a property of a JS object is private in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 11.18% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2019-01-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| chrome | |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Google Chrome - V8 Private Property Arbitrary Code Execution | 2017-06-14 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/664411
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42175/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/664411
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42175/
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