# CVE-2016-5198: Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Vulnerability

> CVE-2016-5198: Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Vulnerability. CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2016-5198
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:55:46Z

- Published: 2017-01-19 05:43 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:55 UTC · Assigner: Chrome
- CVSS: 8.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 34.2%, 98th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-06-08, federal due date 2022-06-22, ransomware use: Unknown

## 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.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- n/a: 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](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5198)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5198)
- [http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html](http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html)
- [https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html)
- [https://crbug.com/659475](https://crbug.com/659475)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079)
- [http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224](http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224)

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