CVE-2016-5172

MEDIUM

Google Chrome < 53.0.2785.101 - Information Disclosure

Title source: rule

Description

The parser in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, mishandles scopes, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from arbitrary memory locations via crafted JavaScript code.

References (8)

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html

[Issue Tracking] https://crbug.com/616386

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036826

[Patch] https://codereview.chromium.org/2077283004

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92942

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0113

EPSS Percentile 78.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-200

Status draft

Affected Products (4)

google/chrome < 53.0.2785.101

nodejs/node.js < 6.8.1

debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Sep 25, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026