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CVE-2016-5169

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Format string vulnerability in Google Chrome OS before 53.0.2785.103 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Google ChromeOS: through 52.0.2743.116

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92914
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=635879
• https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os_9.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92914
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=635879
• https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os_9.html

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