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FreeBSD : chromium -- out-of-bounds memory access (ae9cb9b8-a203-11e6-a265-3065ec8fd3ec)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94527

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Google Chrome Releases reports :

[659475] High CVE-2016-5198: Out of bounds memory access in V8. Credit to Tencent Keen Security Lab, working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8b11aa0d

http://www.nessus.org/u?c4d8ef3b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94527

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ae9cb9b8a20311e6a2653065ec8fd3ec.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Published: 11/4/2016

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5198

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:chromium, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:chromium-pulse, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:chromium-npapi

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2016

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5198