CVE-2016-5222 — Improper Input Validation in Google Chrome

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation8 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV6.1
EPSS
0.3%
top 43.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Google Chrome
Timeline
PublishedJan 19
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDgoogle/chrome54.0.2840.99

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-w98r-9h82-6jxm: Incorrect handling of invalid URLs in Google Chrome prior to 55↗2022-05-14
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OSV
oxide-qt vulnerabilities↗2016-12-09
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OSV
CVE-2016-5222: Incorrect handling of invalid URLs in Google Chrome prior to 55↗2016-12-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Oxide vulnerabilities↗2016-12-09
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: address spoofing in omnibox↗2016-12-01
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-12-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5222 chromium-browser: address spoofing in omnibox↗2016-12-02
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