Security advisory

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  "id": "4ca88845822eac89f1d52a7ecc05285f2440c77a3f838ebbadb7009b0886c4ae",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5172",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-5172",
    "summary": "The parser in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, mishandles scopes, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from arbitrary memory locations via crafted JavaScript code.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-5172",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-5172",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-5172"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/nodejs/node",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "ce3e3c5fe15479475c068482c48eb9cbf1ac9df5"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "c6a397bce63fc026421e1515b98eec9b8b5a8468"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "6.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "6.8.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v6.8.1",
            "v6.8.0",
            "v6.7.0",
            "v6.6.0",
            "v6.5.0",
            "v6.4.0",
            "v6.3.1",
            "v6.3.0",
            "v6.2.2",
            "v6.2.1",
            "v6.2.0",
            "v6.1.0",
            "v6.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5172.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:18.310832252Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://codereview.chromium.org/2077283004",
        "https://crbug.com/616386",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09",
        "https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "google:chrome",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "last_affected": "53.0.2785.101"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-5172",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429744,
  "published_at": "2016-09-25T20:59:04.26+00:00"
}