CVE Database · CVE-2016-5198
CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
34.70%
Published
Jan 19, 2017
Modified
Apr 21, 2026
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added: 2022-06-08 · Due: 2022-06-22
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Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (10)
References (11)