CVE-2016-5222

MEDIUM

Google Chrome < 55.0.2883.75 - URL Spoofing via Omnibox Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Incorrect handling of invalid URLs in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://crbug.com/657720
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0111
EPSS Percentile 62.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
google/chrome < 54.0.2840.99
n/a/Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android
Published Jan 19, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026