CVE-2016-5140

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 78.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-08-07 19:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:53Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-05-31

Assigning CNA

Chrome

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9356b624dacd33835289da009d97e9a964e0f5ef754cfff6954d23a65f13785f

• www.securityfocus.com92276http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• crbug.comhttps://crbug.com/619405x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1983http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1580http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• codereview.chromium.orghttps://codereview.chromium.org/2071773002x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1036547http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201610-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1982http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.debian.orgDSA-3645http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-e9798eaaa3https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA