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CVE-2016-5172
The parser in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, mishandles scopes, which allows remote attackers to obtain…
Medium6.5EPSS 1.9%
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- Chrome
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- https://crbug.com/616386 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3667 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1036826 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 92942 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2077283004 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201610-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1905 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .