high8.8Known exploited
CVE-2016-5198
Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2022-06-08. Federal due date: 2022-06-22.
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Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome | before 54.0.2840.90 before 54.0.2840.85 before 54.0.2840.87 | |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Version 6.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Version 6.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Version 6.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/659475
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/659475
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-5198