What is CVE-2016-5221?

CVE-2016-5221 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2017-01-19.

How severe is CVE-2016-5221?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Google Chrome

CVE-2016-5221

Type confusion in libGLESv2 in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android possibly allowed a remote attacker to bypass buffer validation via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (61.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Google Chrome
N/a Google Chrome Prior To 55.0.2883.75 For Mac, Windows And Linux, 55.0.2883.84 Android — versions Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5221?: CVE-2016-5221 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2017-01-19.
How severe is CVE-2016-5221?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.