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A heap use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 55...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A heap use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 19, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Moderate
6.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-5219

GHSA ID

GHSA-9mv2-mxq7-3v25

Source code

No known source code

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