CVE-2016-5172

Publication date 25 September 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

The parser in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, mishandles scopes, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from arbitrary memory locations via crafted JavaScript code.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1254
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
oxide-qt 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.17.9-0ubuntu1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.17.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.17.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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