CVE-2016-5138
Integer overflow in the kbasep_vinstr_attach_client function in midgard/mali_kbase_vinstr.c in...
Integer overflow in the kbasep_vinstr_attach_client function in midgard/mali_kbase_vinstr.c in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.85 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and use-after-free) by leveraging an unrestricted multiplication.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Integer overflow in the kbasep_vinstr_attach_client function in midgard/mali_kbase_vinstr.c in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.85 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and use-after-free) by leveraging an unrestricted multiplication.
- Record
CVE-2016-5138- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Integer overflow in the kbasep_vinstr_attach_client function in midgard/mali_kbase_vinstr.c in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.85 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and use-after-free) by leveraging an unrestricted multiplication.
- Record
CVE-2016-5138- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6089 No score
Integer overflow in the kbasep_vinstr_attach_client function in midgard/mali_kbase_vinstr.c in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.85 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and use-after-free) by leveraging an unrestricted multiplication.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6089- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v4v7-jch9-f94h
Integer overflow in the kbasep_vinstr_attach_client function in midgard/mali_kbase_vinstr.c in...
Integer overflow in the kbasep_vinstr_attach_client function in midgard/mali_kbase_vinstr.c in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.85 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and use-after-free) by leveraging an unrestricted multiplication.
- Record
GHSA-v4v7-jch9-f94h- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-5138 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Google Chrome, published August 1, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.17%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os_26.html
securityfocus.com/bid/92139
chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/kernel/+/d65f7c158dabbb5b9e89723aceb30e874c2d748a
securitytracker.com/id/1036484
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=631752&desc=2
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5138
github.com/advisories/GHSA-v4v7-jch9-f94h