CVE-2016-5198

Published Jan 19, 2017

Last updated 5 months ago

Overview

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.
Source
chrome-cve-admin@google.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
8.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Known exploits

Data from CISA

Vulnerability name
Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Vulnerability
Exploit added on
Jun 8, 2022
Exploit action due
Jun 22, 2022
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-125

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations