# CVE-2016-5198

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.90 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, and 54.0.2840.87 for Windows and Mac included incorrect optimisation assumptions, which allowed a remote attacker to perform arbitrary read/write operations, leading to code execution, via a crafted HTML page.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2016-5198
- CVSS: 8.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-06-08; CISA due date 2022-06-22
- EPSS: 34.16% (percentile 98.4)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-01-29)
- Weakness: CWE-787
- Published: 2017-01-19

## Affected versions

- Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.90 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, and 54.0.2840.87 for Windows and Mac: affected Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.90 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, and 54.0.2840.87 for Windows and Mac

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://crbug.com/659475
- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94079
- [other] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037224
- [advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html
- [other] https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-5198

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