VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-5218

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Published 2017-01-19 · Modified 2026-05-13
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

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.

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-201612-3

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed55.0.2883.75-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlechrome{"endIncluding":"54.0.2840.99"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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