What is RHSA-2016:2672?

RHSA-2016:2672 is a security advisory published by Red Hat Product Security with High severity. Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update

Which CVE IDs does RHSA-2016:2672 cover?

RHSA-2016:2672 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2016-5198. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of RHSA-2016:2672?

RHSA-2016:2672 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by Red Hat Product Security.

Which products are affected by RHSA-2016:2672?

RHSA-2016:2672 affects 15 products, including: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6); Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6); Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6); chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6); chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6); and others — see the full list on the advisory page.

RHSA-2016:2672HighCVSS 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update

Vendor

Red Hat Product Security

Published

November 7, 2016

Last Modified

November 12, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-5198 →

📋 Description

CVE-2016-5198 — chromium-browser: out of bounds memory access in v8

🎯 Affected products15

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)

✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

🎯 Affected products15

✅ Remediation

🔗 References (5)