CVE-2016-5156: google chrome Use After Free
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-5156 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 6Timeline
- 11-09-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
extensions/renderer/event_bindings.cc in the event bindings in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux attempts to process filtered events after failure to add an event matcher, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.27%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
70%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.27% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu2 products
- chromium-browser< 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142 | < 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1254
- oxide-qt< 1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 1.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Google1 product
- chrome≤ 52.0.2743.116
Opensuse1 product
- leapEOL42.1
3 vendors · 4 products
References
16 links- crbug.com/625404X Refsource CONFIRM
- codereview.chromium.org/2236133002/X Refsource CONFIRM
