9.1

CVE-2016-5202: chromium-browser

CVSS: 9.1v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5202
Published 25-10-2019Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-5202 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability in chromium-browser. EPSS estimates a 0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.1/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.79%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3
DSA-3731-1MGASA-2016-0403OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1RHSA-2016:2718USN-3133-1

Timeline

  1. 25-10-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

browser/extensions/api/dial/dial_registry.cc in Google Chrome before 54.0.2840.98 on macOS, before 54.0.2840.99 on Windows, and before 54.0.2840.100 on Linux neglects to copy a device ID before an erase() call, which causes the erase operation to access data that that erase operation will destroy.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.79%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

56%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.79% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.79%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu2 products
  • chromium-browser< 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172 | < 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263
  • oxide-qt< 1.18.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 1.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Chromium-browser1 product
Google1 product
  • chrome< 54.0.2840.98 | < 54.0.2840.99 | < 54.0.2840.100

3 vendors · 4 products

References

7 links