CVE-2016-1671
N/A
Published: May 14, 2016 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorChromeAndroid
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a file: URL, related to net/base/escape.cc and net/base/filename_util.cc.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/message/raw?msg=chromium-reviews/UkMGbbnTDW8/A4g-6YkfBAAJVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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