Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in V8 Engine

CVE-2016-5198 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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