CVE-2016-1671

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CVSS 3.0

8.1 high

EPSS

2%p73

Published

May 14, 2016 (May 14, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a file: URL, related to net/base/escape.cc and net/base/filename_util.cc.

Vendors: google
Products: chrome
Weakness: CWE-22
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.5%)

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