CVE-2016-5172
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92942
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036826
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2077283004
- https://crbug.com/616386
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92942
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036826
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2077283004
- https://crbug.com/616386
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
CWEs
CWE-200
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.