CVE-2016-5198

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.

References

https://crbug.com/659475

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3