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CVE-2016-5198

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CVE-2016-5198

Published: Jan 19, 2017

Modified: Oct 21, 2025

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

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

affected
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

References

https://crbug.com/659475
x_refsource_CONFIRM
94079
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
1037224
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
RHSA-2016:2672
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT

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