CVE-2016-5222
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 65.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-01-19 05:43Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 00:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-05-31
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 049120de6af72e198ac3c754c12d390747df44feae85d700851fb8d6720c2f16
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2919http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
- crbug.comhttps://crbug.com/657720
- www.securityfocus.com94633http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
- chromereleases.googleblog.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-11https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- chromium Fixed in 55.0.2883.75-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
- oxide-qt Fixed in 1.19.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263
- oxide-qt Fixed in 1.19.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.