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CVE-2016-5200 (GCVE-0-2016-5200)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-19 05:43 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
VLAI
Summary
V8 in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly applied type rules, which allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • type confusion in generated code
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-16 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://crbug.com/658114 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94196 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2718.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android Affected: Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android
Date Public
2016-11-09 00:00
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