chromium-browser: out of bounds memory access in v8
Published Jan 19, 2017 ·Due Jun 22, 2022
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 34.16%
Description
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
No data.
Configuration 1
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
Configuration 4
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2672
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2672 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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:P/I:P/A:P
Date Added
Jun 8, 2022
Patch Due
Jun 22, 2022
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
ActiveAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Jan 29, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 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 (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 34.16% (0.34164) | 98.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 34.70% (0.34703) | 98.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 77.91% (0.77907) | 98.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 13, 2026 | 73.14% (0.73138) | 98.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 77.01% (0.77011) | 98.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 69.40% (0.69403) | 98.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 25, 2025 | 64.32% (0.64317) | 98.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 14, 2025 | 66.60% (0.66603) | 98.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 12, 2025 | 72.64% (0.72638) | 98.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 3, 2025 | 75.62% (0.75623) | 98.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 68.23% (0.68230) | 98.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 85.93% (0.85935) | 99.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 68.23% (0.68230) | 98.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 64.61% (0.64605) | 98.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 46.08% (0.46080) | 97.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 2, 2023 | 3.97% (0.03967) | 90.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.84% (0.02838) | 89.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.59% (0.05593) | 90.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 5.59% (0.05593) | 89.75th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 88.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 74.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5198 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391356 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/659475 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5198
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-5198 government-resourceUS Government Resource
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5198
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