CVE-2016-5219
published 2017-01-19CVE-2016-5219: 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…
PriorityP428medium6.3CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCLILAL
EPSS
0.98%
58.7th percentile
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.
Affected
1 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | <= 54.0.2840.99 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv6.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.3MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu6.1MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Oxide vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-12-09·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2016-5204 [MEDIUM] Oxide vulnerabilities
Title: Oxide vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Chromium. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks,
read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the
webview URL, bypass same origin restrictions, cause a denial of service
via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5204,
CVE-2016-5205, CVE-2016-5207, CVE-2016-5208, CVE-2016-5209, CVE-2016-5212,
CVE-2016-5215, CVE-2016-5222, CVE-2016-5224, CVE-2016-5225, CVE-2016-5226,
CVE-2016-9650, CVE-2016-9652)
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted website, an a
Red Hat
chromium-browser: use after free in v8
vendor_redhat·2016-12-01·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2016-5219 [MEDIUM] chromium-browser: use after free in v8
chromium-browser: use after free in v8
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.
VulDB
Google Chrome up to 55 v8 use after free (USN-3153-1 / Nessus ID 95661)
vuldb·2026-05-14·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2016-5219 [MEDIUM] Google Chrome up to 55 v8 use after free (USN-3153-1 / Nessus ID 95661)
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Chrome up to 55. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component v8. The manipulation leads to use after free.
This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-5219. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.
It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
GHSA
GHSA-9mv2-mxq7-3v25: A heap use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 55
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2016-5219 [MEDIUM] CWE-416 GHSA-9mv2-mxq7-3v25: A heap use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 55
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.
OSV
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
osv·2016-12-09·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2016-5204 [MEDIUM] oxide-qt vulnerabilities
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Chromium. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks,
read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the
webview URL, bypass same origin restrictions, cause a denial of service
via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5204,
CVE-2016-5205, CVE-2016-5207, CVE-2016-5208, CVE-2016-5209, CVE-2016-5212,
CVE-2016-5215, CVE-2016-5222, CVE-2016-5224, CVE-2016-5225, CVE-2016-5226,
CVE-2016-9650, CVE-2016-9652)
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit these to obtain sensitive
OSV
CVE-2016-5219: A heap use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 55
osv·2016-12-06·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2016-5219 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-5219: A heap use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 55
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2016-12-02·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora. While only
one tracking bug has b
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5219 chromium-browser: use after free in v8
bugzilla·2016-12-02·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2016-5219 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-5219 chromium-browser: use after free in v8
CVE-2016-5219 chromium-browser: use after free in v8
An use after free flaw was found in the V8 component of the Chromium browser.
Upstream bug(s):
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=657568
External References:
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Discussion:
Created chromium tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1400883]
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
Via RHSA-2016:2919 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlhttps://crbug.com/657568https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlhttps://crbug.com/657568https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
2017-01-19
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