CVE-2016-5192

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Published 2016-12-18 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

6.5

Description

Blink in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows missed a CORS check on redirect in TextTrackLoader, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass cross-origin restrictions via crafted HTML pages.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201610-15

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`54.0.2840.59-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
google	chrome	`{"endIncluding":"53.0.2785.143"}`

References

https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201610-15
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2067.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93528
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/633885
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09

CWEs

CWE-284

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.