CVE-2016-5219

Publication date 6 December 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

A heap use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1
17.10 artful
Fixed 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1
17.04 zesty
Fixed 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.10.1328
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
libv8 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
libv8-3.14 18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored libv8 not supported
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored libv8 not supported
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
oxide-qt 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful
Fixed 1.19.6-0ubuntu2
17.04 zesty
Fixed 1.19.6-0ubuntu2
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.19.4-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.19.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.19.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Notes

mikesalvatore

The Ubuntu Security Team does not support libv8

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3153-1
    • Oxide vulnerabilities
    • 9 December 2016

Other references