CVE•Published 2017-01-19•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-5199Google · Chrome
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Description
An off by one error resulting in an allocation of zero size in FFmpeg in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted video file.
Timeline
Published 2017-01-19
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-5199Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Google Chrome"All exposed Google Chrome instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Chrome"HTTP body or banner mentions "Chrome" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-5199Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-5199Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-5199Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-5199GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-5199" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.