chromium-browser: use after free in v8
Published Jan 19, 2017
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.98%
Description
A heap use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:55.0.2883.75-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2919
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:55.0.2883.75-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2919 |
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:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.98% (0.00976) | 60.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.98% (0.00976) | 57.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.57% (0.00567) | 66.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00581) | 78.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00581) | 77.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.58% (0.00581) | 74.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5219 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400869 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/657568 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5219
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5219
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5219 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400869 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/657568 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5219 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5219 |
Change history (0)
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