CVE-2016-5198: Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Vulnerability

First published: Tue Nov 01 2016(Updated: )

Google Chromium V8 Engine contains an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to perform read/write operations, leading to code execution, via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.

Credit: cve-coordination@google.com chrome-cve-admin@google.com

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