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CVE-2016-5198

Date: January 19, 2017

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.

Language: Unix

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5198
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5198
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224
https://crbug.com/659475
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-5198

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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