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High · 8.8 Known exploited CVE-2016-5198 EUVD-2016-6149GHSA-cpfm-2p8w-wrxc

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.90 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, and 54.0.2840.87 for Windows and Mac included incorrect …

Published Jan 19, 2017 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by Chrome

Description

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.90 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, and 54.0.2840.87 for Windows and Mac included incorrect optimisation assumptions, which allowed a remote attacker to perform arbitrary read/write operations, leading to code execution, via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.90 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, and 54.0.2840.87 for Windows and Mac Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.90 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, and 54.0.2840.87 for Windows and Mac —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 8 chromium-browser 55.0.2883.75-1~deb8u1 DSA-3731-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libv8-3.14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS chromium-browser 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libv8-3.14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS oxide-qt 1.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 USN-3133-1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS chromium-browser 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172 —
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS oxide-qt 1.18.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 USN-3133-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 6 chromium-browser 54.0.2840.90-1.el6 RHSA-2016:2672
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE Package Hub 12 chromium 54.0.2840.90-112.1 openSUSE-SU-2016:2733-1, openSUSE-SU-2016:2732-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed chromium 55.0.2883.75-3.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1

Advisories 7

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