Vulnerability CVE-2016-5198

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-5198 (CCN-118535)

Assigned:

2016-11-01

Published:

2016-11-01

Updated:

2018-01-05

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

8.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

6.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
5.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

6.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-787
CWE-125

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-5198

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2016-2672
Important: chromium-browser security update

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2016:2672

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
94079

Source: CCN
Type: BID-94079
Google V8 CVE-2016-5198 Unspecified Security Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1037224

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://crbug.com/659475

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
google-chrome-cve20165198-code-exec(118535)

Source: CCN
Type: Google Chrome Releases Web site
Stable Channel Update for Desktop

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 54.0.2840.71)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:google:chrome:54.0.2840.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20165198	V	CVE-2016-5198	2022-06-30
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:112065	P	chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105614	P	chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25606	P	Security update for libjpeg-turbo (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25079	P	Security update for java-1_7_0-openjdk (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25451	P	Security update for gdb (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24877	P	Security update for java-1_7_1-ibm (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25650	P	Security update for SDL (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25160	P	Security update for icu (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25504	P	Security update for libvirt (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24888	P	Security update for tcpdump (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26288	P	Security update for python (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25217	P	Security update for openldap2 (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25592	P	Security update for grub2 (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24952	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26323	P	Security update for chromium (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25301	P	Security update for grub2 (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.cisecurity:def:1667	P	DSA-3731-1 -- chromium-browser -- security update	2017-01-27
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20165198000	V	CVE-2016-5198 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2017-01-19
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20165198000	V	CVE-2016-5198 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2017-01-19
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201651980000000	V	CVE-2016-5198 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-01-19
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20165198000	V	CVE-2016-5198 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-01-19
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20165198000	V	CVE-2016-5198 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-01-19
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201651980000000	V	CVE-2016-5198 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-01-19
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20165198000	V	CVE-2016-5198 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-01-19
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201651980000000	V	CVE-2016-5198 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-01-19
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20165198000	V	CVE-2016-5198 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2017-01-19

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