8.8

CVE-2016-5213: google chrome Use After Free

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5213
Published 19-01-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-5213 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.15%
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-2016-0419OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1RHSA-2016:2919USN-3153-1

Timeline

  1. 19-01-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A 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 metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

66%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.15% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.15%

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

Ubuntu3 products
  • chromium-browser< 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172 | < 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263
  • libv8-3.14All versions (No fix recorded)
  • oxide-qt< 1.19.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 1.19.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Google1 product

2 vendors · 4 products

References

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