CVE-2016-5198

mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.342 · 98 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV

Likely / severe?

34.2% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

22 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-06-08remediate by 2022-06-22

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Vulnerability

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.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedchromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2672
Fixedchromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2672
Fixedchromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2672
Fixedchromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2672
Fixedchromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2672
Fixedchromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2672
Fixedchromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2672
Fixedchromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2672
Fixedchromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2672
Fixedchromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2672
Fixedchromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2672
Fixedchromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2672

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-125US

affected products (22)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a 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≤ 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 Macenisa_euvdEU
Google Inc Google Chrome≤ 54.0.2840.87fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Google Chrome≤ 54.0.2840.85fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Google Chrome≤ 54.0.2840.90fstec_bduRU
google chrome< 54.0.2840.85nvdUScpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google chrome< 54.0.2840.87nvdUScpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google chrome< 54.0.2840.90nvdUScpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux workstation= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2016:2672Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update2016-11-07csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-01-19modified 2026-06-17

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references (14)

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