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FKIE_CVE-2016-5198

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-19 05:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:48
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.htmlThird Party Advisory
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://crbug.com/659475Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crbug.com/659475Exploit, Issue Tracking
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-5198US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google chrome *
linux linux_kernel -
google chrome *
google android -
google chrome *
apple macos -
microsoft windows -
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
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