CVE-2016-5222
N/A
Published: January 19, 2017 at 05:43 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorChrome
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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