CVE-2016-5172 (GCVE-0-2016-5172)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-25 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
VLAI
Summary
The parser in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, mishandles scopes, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from arbitrary memory locations via crafted JavaScript code.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036826 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92942 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://codereview.chromium.org/2077283004 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2016-09-13 00:00
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