VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-5198
CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability34.16%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2017-01-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Exploited Vulnerability
Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Google / Chromium V8
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
Primary references
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com — Third Party Advisory
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com — Exploit, Issue Tracking
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 — US Government Resource