Is CVE-2016-5156 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-5156 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-5156?

CVE-2016-5156 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-5156?

CVE-2016-5156 has an EPSS score of 1.27% (66th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5156?

Upgrade liboxideqtcore0 on ubuntu 14.04 to 1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-5156

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

extensions/renderer/event_bindings.cc in the event bindings in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux attempts to process filtered events after failure to add an event matcher, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

liboxideqtcore0Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3058-1

Fixed in:1.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3058-1

oxide-qtUbuntu

Fixed in:1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3058-1

Fixed in:1.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3058-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references12

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-416 (Use After Free) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-0708	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-31166	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-5119	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.