CVE-2016-5198

HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · Out-of-bounds write · actively exploited (CISA KEV)

8.8CVSS HIGH ● exploited

🔴 Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities). Added to KEV 2022-06-08. US federal agencies must patch by 2022-06-22.

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.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork

Attack complexityLow

Privileges requiredNone

User interactionRequired

Confidentiality impactHigh

Integrity impactHigh

Availability impactHigh

Exploit probability (EPSS)79%

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Google Chrome

Recommendation

This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

NVD record
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlAdvisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.htmlAdvisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.htmlAdvisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224Advisory
https://crbug.com/659475Exploit