CVE-2016-5198
Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Vulnerability
- High 8.8
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 8 Jun 2022
Description
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.
Key facts
- Published
- 19 Jan 2017
- Last changed
- 21 Oct 2025
- Assigned by
- Chrome
- KEV added
- 8 Jun 2022
- KEV fix due
- 22 Jun 2022
- EPSS
- 34.164% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 98.429% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total
Severity scores
Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.
- 8.8CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action
Historical context and remediation
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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.
Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | 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 |
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Timeline
- 19 Jan 2017 Published
- 8 Jun 2022 CVE-2016-5198 added to CISA KEV
- 8 Jun 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue