CVE-2016-5218

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Published 2017-01-19T05:43:00

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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.

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                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5218

WEB https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

WEB https://crbug.com/660498

WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11

WEB http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html

WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: May 14, 2022

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html

https://crbug.com/660498

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11

Published: 2017-01-19T05:43:00

Last Modified: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.912Z

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CVE-2016-5218

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