CVE-2016-5177 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine within Google Chrome versions prior to 53.0.2785.143, also affecting various Linux distributions. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or Metasploit modules are available, and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, there is some community discussion and media coverage indicating awareness of the vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 53.0.2785.129CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.