CVE-2016-5218

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CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

EPSS

1%p67

Published

Jan 19, 2017 (Jan 19, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: google
Products: chrome
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.2%)

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