chromium-browser: universal xss in blink
Published Dec 18, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.98%
Description
Blink in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android permitted execution of v8 microtasks while the DOM was in an inconsistent state, which allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via crafted HTML pages.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.59-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2067
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.59-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2067 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.98% (0.01978) | 79.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.79% (0.01789) | 75.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.35% (0.00352) | 55.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.09% (0.01090) | 85.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 26, 2024 | 1.09% (0.01090) | 84.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01540) | 85.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.39% (0.01388) | 84.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.68% (0.06681) | 91.55th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 28, 2022 | 6.68% (0.06681) | 91.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.94% (0.05941) | 89.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.94% (0.05941) | 77.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2067.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93528 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5181 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384347 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2330843002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/645211 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5181
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5181
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2067.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93528 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5181 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384347 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://codereview.chromium.org/2330843002 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/645211 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5181 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5181 |
Change history (0)
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