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CVE-2016-5185
Blink in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android incorrectly allowed reentrance of…
High8.8EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Chrome
Description
Blink in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android incorrectly allowed reentrance of FrameView::updateLifecyclePhasesInternal(), which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via crafted HTML pages.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% 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: High 8.8.
Weakness
- out of bounds memory read
- CWE-416 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android
- affected Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android
References (5)
- 93528 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201610-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/621360 (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)
Record last updated .