VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-5218
The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly handled navigation within PDFs, which allowed a remote attacker to temporarily spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via…
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.23%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly handled navigation within PDFs, which allowed a remote attacker to temporarily spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page containing PDF data.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.23% probability · 67th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
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/660498
- 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/660498
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.