Is CVE-2016-5181 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-5181 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-5181?

CVE-2016-5181 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-5181?

CVE-2016-5181 has an EPSS score of 1.98% (78th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5181?

Upgrade liboxideqtcore0 on ubuntu 14.04 to 1.18.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-5181

MEDIUMEPSS 78th pctl

6.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Blink in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android permitted execution of v8 microtasks while the DOM was in an inconsistent state, which allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via crafted HTML pages.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

liboxideqtcore0Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.18.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3113-1

Fixed in:1.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3113-1

oxide-qtUbuntu

Fixed in:1.18.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3113-1

Fixed in:1.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3113-1

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

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.98%probability of exploitation in 30 days

78thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 78% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	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.