CVE-2016-5179

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

2.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 83.3% 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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2018-03-06 22:00Z8 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

f5a373b75f68952b46a732092716e8f0b04cdf29deda590b7326628e4601d42e

• bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=649039x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com93260http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93260vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• chromereleases.googleblog.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/09/stable-channel-updates-for-chrome-os.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM