CVE-2016-5177 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can trigger a use-after-free in Chrome's V8 engine, causing crashes or potentially executing arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-5177?
CVE-2016-5177 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 23 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Use-after-free vulnerability in V8 in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.143 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5177?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5177?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2016-5177 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5177 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gr2g-c2hj-rpj8, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5177.