CVE-2016-5219 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free8 documents6 sources
Severity
6.3MEDIUMNVD
OSV6.1
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Google Chrome
Timeline
PublishedJan 19
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.4

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDgoogle/chrome54.0.2840.99

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-9mv2-mxq7-3v25: A heap use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 55↗2022-05-14
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OSV
oxide-qt vulnerabilities↗2016-12-09
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OSV
CVE-2016-5219: A heap use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 55↗2016-12-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Oxide vulnerabilities↗2016-12-09
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: use after free in v8↗2016-12-01
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-12-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5219 chromium-browser: use after free in v8↗2016-12-02
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