usn-3091-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
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)
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"id": "CVE-2016-5177",
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "Ubuntu"
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"id": "CVE-2016-5178",
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
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]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2016-7549",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
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}
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"package": {
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"aliases": [],
"details": "A use-after-free was discovered in the V8 bindings in Blink. If a user\nwere tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could\npotentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application\ncrash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5170)\n\nA use-after-free was discovered in the V8 bindings in Blink. If a user\nwere tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could\npotentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application\ncrash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5171)\n\nAn issue was discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a\nspecially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to\nontain sensitive information from arbitrary memory locations.\n(CVE-2016-5172)\n\nMultiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were\ntricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could\npotentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial\nof service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2016-5175, CVE-2016-5178)\n\nA use-after-free was discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in to\nopening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially\nexploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or\nexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5177)\n\nIt was discovered that Chromium does not ensure the recipient of a certain\nIPC message is a valid RenderFrame or RenderWidget. An attacker could\npotentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application\ncrash, or execute arbitary code. (CVE-2016-7549)\n",
"id": "USN-3091-1",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:33Z",
"published": "2016-10-07T14:21:05Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3091-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5170"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5171"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5172"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5175"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5177"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5178"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7549"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "oxide-qt vulnerabilities",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5170",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5171",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5172",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5175",
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"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5178",
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]
}
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.