CVE-2016-5172

Publication date 25 September 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1254
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
oxide-qt	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.17.9-0ubuntu1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.17.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.17.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)