CVE-2016-1671
high
CVSS v3
8.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.1
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
88%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | {"endIncluding":"50.0.2661.87"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1671.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1704163003/
- https://crbug.com/586657
- https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/message/raw?msg=chromium-reviews/UkMGbbnTDW8/A4g-6YkfBAAJ
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
CWEs
CWE-22
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.