CVE-2016-5212
Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android insufficiently sanitized DevTools URLs, which allowed a remote attacker to read local files via a crafted HTML page.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android insufficiently sanitized DevTools URLs, which allowed a remote attacker to read local files via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.34% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 1.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/653134
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/653134
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.