CVE-2016-5198

high

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.

References

https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/24/l/earth-minotaur.html

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-19

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High