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CVE-2016-5179
Chrome OS before 53.0.2785.144 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands at boot.
Critical9.8EPSS 2.3%
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- Chrome
Description
Chrome OS before 53.0.2785.144 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands at boot.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 16% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=649039 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 93260 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/09/stable-channel-updates-for-chrome-os.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
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