CVE-2016-5178
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.143 allow remote attackers...
CVE-2016-5178 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Google Chrome, published October 2, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.85%, the 79th percentile. Fixed in chromium-browser 53.0.2785.143-1~deb8u1.
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.143 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.143 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-5178- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.143 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-5178- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6129 No score
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.143 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6129- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mc67-q4m7-29hh
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.143 allow remote attackers...
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.143 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
GHSA-mc67-q4m7-29hh- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2016:2007
Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update
- Record
RHSA-2016:2007- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5178
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.143 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
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UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5178- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2016-0335 No score
Updated chromium-browser-stable packages fix security vulnerability
Chromium-browser-stable 53.0.2785.143 provides fixes for security issues: a use-after-free bug in V8 (CVE-2016-5177) and various problems found in upstream's internal audits, fuzzing, and other initiatives (CVE-2016-5178).
- Record
MGASA-2016-0335- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2016:2429-1 No score
Security update for chromium
This update Chromium 53.0.2785.143 fixes the following issues (boo#1002140)
- CVE-2016-5177: Use after free in V8
- CVE-2016-5178: Various fixes from internal audits
The following bugfix changes are included:
- Export GDK_BACKEND=x11 before starting chromium, ensuring that it's started as an Xwayland client (boo#1001135).
- Changes to Sandbox to fix crashers on tumbleweed (boo#999091)
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2016:2429-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2016:2432-1 No score
Security update for chromium
This update Chromium 53.0.2785.143 fixes the following issues (boo#1002140)
- CVE-2016-5177: Use after free in V8
- CVE-2016-5178: Various fixes from internal audits
The following bugfix changes are included:
- Export GDK_BACKEND=x11 before starting chromium, ensuring that it's started as an Xwayland client (boo#1001135).
- Changes to Sandbox to fix crashers on tumbleweed (boo#999091)
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2016:2432-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 No score
chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
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openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 No score
ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3091-1 No score
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
A use-after-free was discovered in the V8 bindings in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5170)
A use-after-free was discovered in the V8 bindings in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5171)
An issue was discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to ontain sensitive information from arbitrary memory locations. (CVE-2016-5172)
Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5175, CVE-2016-5178)
A use-after-free was discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5177)
It was discovered that Chromium does not ensure the recipient of a certain IPC message is a valid RenderFrame or RenderWidget. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitary code. (CVE-2016-7549)
- Record
USN-3091-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
chromium-browserDebian:8 |
before 53.0.2785.143-1~deb8u1, plus listed versions 41.0.2272.118-142.0.2311.135-142.0.2311.135-1~deb8u142.0.2311.135-242.0.2311.90-1 Show 45 moreShow less42.0.2311.90-1~deb8u142.0.2311.90-243.0.2357.124-143.0.2357.124-243.0.2357.124-343.0.2357.130-143.0.2357.65-143.0.2357.65-1~deb8u143.0.2357.81-144.0.2403.107-144.0.2403.107-244.0.2403.157-144.0.2403.89-144.0.2403.89-1~deb8u145.0.2454.101-145.0.2454.85-145.0.2454.85-1~deb8u146.0.2490.13-146.0.2490.71-146.0.2490.71-1~deb8u147.0.2526.111-147.0.2526.16-147.0.2526.73-147.0.2526.73-1~deb8u147.0.2526.80-147.0.2526.80-1~deb8u147.0.2526.80-247.0.2526.80-348.0.2564.116-148.0.2564.116-1~deb8u148.0.2564.23-148.0.2564.82-148.0.2564.82-1~deb8u148.0.2564.82-249.0.2623.108-149.0.2623.108-1~deb8u149.0.2623.108-249.0.2623.75-149.0.2623.75-1~deb8u149.0.2623.75-249.0.2623.87-149.0.2623.87-1~deb8u150.0.2661.75-150.0.2661.75-1~deb8u150.0.2661.75-2 |
53.0.2785.143-1~deb8u1 |
chromium-browser-stableMageia:5 |
before 53.0.2785.143-1.mga5 | 53.0.2785.143-1.mga5 |
chromium-browserRed Hat:rhel_extras:6 |
before 0:53.0.2785.143-1.el6 | 0:53.0.2785.143-1.el6 |
chromium-browser-debuginfoRed Hat:rhel_extras:6 |
before 0:53.0.2785.143-1.el6 | 0:53.0.2785.143-1.el6 |
chromium-browserUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142, plus listed versions 29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu231.0.1650.63-0ubuntu1~20131204.132.0.1700.107-0ubuntu1~20140204.977.133.0.1750.152-0ubuntu1~pkg995.134.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2 Show 22 moreShow less36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg102937.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104237.0.2062.120-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104938.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106139.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106440.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106840.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106941.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.107643.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.108943.0.2357.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109244.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109545.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109745.0.2454.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109947.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110647.0.2526.106-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110748.0.2564.82-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110848.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111149.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111249.0.2623.108-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111350.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111751.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.112152.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1134 |
53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142 |
oxide-qtUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 1.17.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions 1.0.0~bzr437-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr452-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr475-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr490-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu1 Show 30 moreShow less1.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu21.0.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.0.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.1.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.2.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.3.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.31.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.6.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.8.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.9.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.9.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.10.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.11.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.11.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.12.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.12.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.12.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.13.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.14.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.14.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.15.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.15.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.16.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
1.17.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
chromium-browserUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1254, plus listed versions 45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.120147.0.2526.73-0ubuntu1.121847.0.2526.106-0ubuntu1.122148.0.2564.82-0ubuntu1.122248.0.2564.116-0ubuntu1.1229 Show 5 moreShow less49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu1.123249.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.123350.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.123751.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.124252.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1250 |
53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1254 |
oxide-qtUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 1.17.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions 1.9.5-0ubuntu11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.21.11.3-0ubuntu31.11.4-0ubuntu1 Show 11 moreShow less1.11.5-0ubuntu11.12.5-0ubuntu11.12.6-0ubuntu11.12.7-0ubuntu11.13.6-0ubuntu11.14.7-0ubuntu11.14.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.15.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.16.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
1.17.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 12 |
before 53.0.2785.143-106.1 | 53.0.2785.143-106.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 55.0.2883.75-3.1 | 55.0.2883.75-3.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 113.0.5672.92-1.1 | 113.0.5672.92-1.1 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3683
securityfocus.com/bid/93238
bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=651092
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00001.html
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securitytracker.com/id/1036970
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380632
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2007.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNUTOWCXLWVXOTGQUS53DSRVTO3J226Z
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5178
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mc67-q4m7-29hh
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0335.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19493
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2007
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2016/rhsa-2016_2007.json
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5177
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5178
bugzilla.suse.com/1001135
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5177
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