CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-5172

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2016-09-25 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-09-25
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• google chrome (<= 53.0.2785.101) • nodejs node.js (>= 6.0.0 <= 6.8.1) • debian debian linux 8.0 • debian debian linux 9.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References