CVE-2016-5198 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html https://crbug.com/659475

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8