CVE-2016-5226
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 0.7%
Description
Blink in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux, Windows and Mac executed javascript: URLs entered in the URL bar in the context of the current tab, which allowed a socially engineered user to XSS themselves by dragging and dropping a javascript: URL into the URL bar.
Remediation
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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-79
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