CVE-2016-5194

Unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 54.0.2840.59.

9.8 CriticalFix available

Unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 54.0.2840.59.

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

0.73%Down 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 54.0.2840.59.

Record: CVE-2016-5194
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 54.0.2840.59.

Record: CVE-2016-5194
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-6145 No score

Unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 54.0.2840.59.

Record: EUVD-2016-6145
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9599-wjxj-x99m No score

Unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 54.0.2840.59.

Unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 54.0.2840.59.

Record: GHSA-9599-wjxj-x99m
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVRHSA-2016:2067 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update

Record: RHSA-2016:2067
CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5194 9.8

Unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 54.0.2840.59.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5194
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVMGASA-2016-0403 No score

Updated chromium-browser-stable packages fix security vulnerabilities

Multiple flaws were found in Chromium's processing of web content where loading a web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5181, CVE-2016-5182, CVE-2016-5183, CVE-2016-5184, CVE-2016-5185, CVE-2016-5186, CVE-2016-5187, CVE-2016-5188, CVE-2016-5189, CVE-2016-5190, CVE-2016-5191, CVE-2016-5192, CVE-2016-5193, CVE-2016-5194, CVE-2016-5198, CVE-2016-5199, CVE-2016-5200, CVE-2016-5201, CVE-2016-5202)

Record: MGASA-2016-0403
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUSN-3113-1 No score

oxide-qt vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a long running unload handler could cause an incognito profile to be reused in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-1586)

Multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, spoof an application's URL bar, obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5181, CVE-2016-5182, CVE-2016-5185, CVE-2016-5186, CVE-2016-5187, CVE-2016-5188, CVE-2016-5189, CVE-2016-5192, CVE-2016-5194)

Record: USN-3113-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

google chrome

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`chromium-browser` Debian:8	before 55.0.2883.75-1~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 less 42.0.2311.90-1~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	55.0.2883.75-1~deb8u1
`chromium-browser-stable` Mageia:5	before 54.0.2840.100-1.1.mga5	54.0.2840.100-1.1.mga5
`chromium-browser` Red Hat:rhel_extras:6	before 0:54.0.2840.59-1.el6	0:54.0.2840.59-1.el6
`chromium-browser-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_extras:6	before 0:54.0.2840.59-1.el6	0:54.0.2840.59-1.el6
`chromium-browser` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	before 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172, 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 24 moreShow less 36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg102937.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104237.0.2062.120-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104938.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106139.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106440.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106840.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106941.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.107643.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.108943.0.2357.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109244.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109545.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109745.0.2454.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109947.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110647.0.2526.106-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110748.0.2564.82-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110848.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111149.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111249.0.2623.108-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111350.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111751.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.112152.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.113453.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.114253.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145	58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
`oxide-qt` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	before 1.18.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 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 31 moreShow less 1.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu21.0.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.0.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.1.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.2.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.3.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.31.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.6.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.8.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.9.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.9.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.10.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.11.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.11.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.12.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.12.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.12.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.13.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.14.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.14.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.15.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.15.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.16.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.17.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1	1.18.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
`chromium-browser` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	before 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263, 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 7 moreShow less 49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu1.123249.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.123350.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.123751.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.124252.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125053.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125453.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1257	55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263
`oxide-qt` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	before 1.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 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 12 moreShow less 1.11.5-0ubuntu11.12.5-0ubuntu11.12.6-0ubuntu11.12.7-0ubuntu11.13.6-0ubuntu11.14.7-0ubuntu11.14.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.15.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.16.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.17.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1	1.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-5194 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Google Chrome, published October 17, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%, the 54th percentile. Fixed in chromium-browser 55.0.2883.75-1~deb8u1.

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