CVE-2016-5198 is a critical vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine affecting Google Chrome on Linux, Android, Windows, and Mac, stemming from incorrect optimization assumptions. This flaw allows a remote attacker to achieve arbitrary read/write operations and ultimately code execution through a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild, as indicated by its inclusion in the KEV catalog, and while no public exploit modules like Metasploit or ExploitDB are listed, it has garnered notable community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 54.0.2840.90CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 54.0.2840.85CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 54.0.2840.87CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.