| Name | CVE-2016-5198 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3731-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| chromium-browser (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 57.0.2987.98-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 71.0.3578.80-1~deb9u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chromium-browser | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| chromium-browser | source | jessie | 55.0.2883.75-1~deb8u1 | DSA-3731-1 | ||
| chromium-browser | source | (unstable) | 54.0.2840.101-1 | |||
| libv8 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant |
[wheezy] - chromium-browser <end-of-life> (Not supported in Wheezy)
libv8 not covered by security support