CVE-2016-5172

chromium-browser: arbitrary memory read in v8

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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 JavaScript code.

El analizador en Google V8, como se usa en Google Chrome en versiones anteriores a 53.0.2785.113, no maneja correctamente alcances, lo que permite a atacantes remotos obtener información sensible desde localizaciones de memoria arbitrarias a través de un código JavaScript manipulado.

A use-after-free was discovered in the V8 bindings in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. A use-after-free was discovered in the V8 bindings in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-05-31 CVE Reserved
2016-09-16 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92942	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036826	Vdb Entry
https://codereview.chromium.org/2077283004	X_refsource_confirm
https://crbug.com/616386	X_refsource_confirm
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html	2023-11-07
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5172	2016-09-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375865	2016-09-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Google Search vendor "Google"		Chrome Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome"				<= 53.0.2785.101 Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" and version " <= 53.0.2785.101"		-		Affected
Nodejs Search vendor "Nodejs"		Node.js Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js"				>= 6.0.0 <= 6.8.1 Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js" and version " >= 6.0.0 <= 6.8.1"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected