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CVE-2016-5174

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5174 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 53.0.2785.113. It allows remote attackers to cause an unsuppressed popup by crafting a website that sends fullscreen toggle requests during a fullscreen transition. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack requiring user interaction, with a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 53.0.2785.101CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0087 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:53.0.2785.113-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5174Moderate

chromium-browser: popup not correctly suppressed

Sep 13, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html
codereview.chromium.org / 2053343003
crbug.com / 579934
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201610-09
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3667
securityfocus.com / bid/92942
securitytracker.com / id/1036826