CVE-2016-5218

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.

References

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

https://crbug.com/660498

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3