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CVE-2016-1657

Published: Apr 18, 2016 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
4.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1657
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/254.html

The WebContentsImpl::FocusLocationBarByDefault function in content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 mishandles focus for certain about:blank pages, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a crafted URL.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Debian_linux Debian 8.0 (including) 8.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary RedHat chromium-browser-0:50.0.2661.75-1.el6 *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu devel *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu precise *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu trusty *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu upstream *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu wily *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu xenial *

References

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