CVE-2016-5212
published 2017-01-19CVE-2016-5212: Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android insufficiently sanitized DevTools URLs, which allowed a remote…
PriorityP429medium6.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHINAN
EPSS
1.33%
68.2th percentile
Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android insufficiently sanitized DevTools URLs, which allowed a remote attacker to read local files via a crafted HTML page.
Affected
1 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | <= 54.0.2840.99 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu6.1MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Oxide vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-12-09·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2016-5204 [MEDIUM] Oxide vulnerabilities
Title: Oxide vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Chromium. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks,
read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the
webview URL, bypass same origin restrictions, cause a denial of service
via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5204,
CVE-2016-5205, CVE-2016-5207, CVE-2016-5208, CVE-2016-5209, CVE-2016-5212,
CVE-2016-5215, CVE-2016-5222, CVE-2016-5224, CVE-2016-5225, CVE-2016-5226,
CVE-2016-9650, CVE-2016-9652)
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted website, an a
Red Hat
chromium-browser: local file disclosure in devtools
vendor_redhat·2016-12-01·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2016-5212 [MEDIUM] chromium-browser: local file disclosure in devtools
chromium-browser: local file disclosure in devtools
Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android insufficiently sanitized DevTools URLs, which allowed a remote attacker to read local files via a crafted HTML page.
VulDB
Google Chrome up to 55 DevTools URL information disclosure (USN-3153-1 / Nessus ID 95661)
vuldb·2026-05-14·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2016-5212 [MEDIUM] Google Chrome up to 55 DevTools URL information disclosure (USN-3153-1 / Nessus ID 95661)
A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Google Chrome up to 55. This affects an unknown function of the component DevTools URL Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure.
This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-5212. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit.
It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
GHSA
GHSA-pmxv-x7hh-7gg7: Google Chrome prior to 55
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2016-5212 [MEDIUM] CWE-200 GHSA-pmxv-x7hh-7gg7: Google Chrome prior to 55
Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android insufficiently sanitized DevTools URLs, which allowed a remote attacker to read local files via a crafted HTML page.
OSV
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
osv·2016-12-09·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2016-5204 [MEDIUM] oxide-qt vulnerabilities
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Chromium. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks,
read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the
webview URL, bypass same origin restrictions, cause a denial of service
via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5204,
CVE-2016-5205, CVE-2016-5207, CVE-2016-5208, CVE-2016-5209, CVE-2016-5212,
CVE-2016-5215, CVE-2016-5222, CVE-2016-5224, CVE-2016-5225, CVE-2016-5226,
CVE-2016-9650, CVE-2016-9652)
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit these to obtain sensitive
OSV
CVE-2016-5212: Google Chrome prior to 55
osv·2016-12-06·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2016-5212 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-5212: Google Chrome prior to 55
Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android insufficiently sanitized DevTools URLs, which allowed a remote attacker to read local files via a crafted HTML page.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2016-12-02·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora. While only
one tracking bug has b
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5212 chromium-browser: local file disclosure in devtools
bugzilla·2016-12-02·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2016-5212 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-5212 chromium-browser: local file disclosure in devtools
CVE-2016-5212 chromium-browser: local file disclosure in devtools
A local file disclosure flaw was found in the DevTools component of the Chromium browser.
Upstream bug(s):
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=653134
External References:
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Discussion:
Created chromium tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1400883]
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
Via RHSA-2016:2919 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlhttps://crbug.com/653134https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlhttps://crbug.com/653134https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
2017-01-19
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