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CVE-2016-5198

Published: 8 November 2016

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mikesalvatore
The Ubuntu Security Team does not support libv8

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libv8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

libv8-3.14
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Ignored
(libv8 not supported)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [libv8 not supported])
upstream Needed

xenial Ignored
(libv8 not supported)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
oxide-qt
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (1.19.6-0ubuntu2)
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (1.18.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
upstream Pending
(1.18.4)
xenial
Released (1.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
yakkety
Released (1.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.10.1)
zesty
Released (1.19.6-0ubuntu2)
chromium-browser
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (54.0.2480.90)
artful
Released (55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1)
bionic
Released (55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1)
cosmic
Released (55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1)
precise Ignored

trusty
Released (58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172)
xenial
Released (55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263)
yakkety
Released (55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.10.1328)
zesty
Released (55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H