CVE-2016-5178

Description

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.85% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3683 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93238 vdb entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=651092
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=645028
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036970 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380632
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2007.html vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNUTOWCXLWVXOTGQUS53DSRVTO3J226Z/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00000.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6FWZVE5PX27FWPLGOPDA7ZC5MILOWN6K/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-5178?
CVE-2016-5178 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-5178?
To fix CVE-2016-5178, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-5178 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-5178 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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