V8 in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android…

Description

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly applied type rules, which allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.6% · top 25% 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

• type confusion in generated code
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android

  • affected Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android

References (6)

• 1037273 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• GLSA-201611-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• https://crbug.com/658114 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 94196 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2016:2718 (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 6 Aug 2024, 00:53 UTC.