CVE-2016-5172
The parser in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, mishandles scopes, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from arbitrary memory locations via crafted
02 Description
The parser in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, mishandles scopes, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from arbitrary memory locations via crafted
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 1.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-09-25 20:00Z10 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-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b467605043d92ebff43a34481fb7a4b6b61f5788150053b08bc9317bfd6d7169
05 Affected products
06 References
- crbug.comhttps://crbug.com/616386
- www.debian.orgDSA-3667http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667
- www.securitytracker.com1036826http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036826
- www.securityfocus.com92942http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92942
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttps://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
- codereview.chromium.orghttps://codereview.chromium.org/2077283004
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201610-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1905http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142
- oxide-qt Fixed in 1.17.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1254
- oxide-qt Fixed in 1.17.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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