CVE-2016-5172

medium
Published 2016-09-25 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debian8.0affected
debian debian9.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlechrome{"endIncluding":"53.0.2785.101"}
nodejsnode.js{"startIncluding":"6.0.0","endIncluding":"6.8.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.