CVE-2016-5198: Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Vulnerability
High · CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 34.2%, 98th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: Chrome
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
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
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html (opens in new tab)
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in new tab)
- crbug.com/659475 (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079 (opens in new tab)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)