{"id":"CVE-2016-5198","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-5198","generatedAt":"2026-11-01T23:26:51.735Z","title":"Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Vulnerability","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.","published":"2017-01-19T05:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:48:58.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["google/chrome","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux workstation"],"epss":{"score":0.34164,"percentile":0.98402,"date":"2026-10-31","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-06-08","dueDate":"2022-06-22","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5198"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 22 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/659475","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/659475","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-5198","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5198","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}