CVE-2016-5189 describes a vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 54.0.2840.59 (Windows, Mac, Linux) and 54.0.2840.85 (Android) that allowed navigation to blob URLs with non-canonical origins. This flaw enabled a remote attacker to spoof the Omnibox (URL bar) content through specially crafted HTML pages. Rated as medium severity (CVSS 6.5), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and could lead to high integrity impact (I:H) by deceiving users about the true origin of a page. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 53.0.2785.143CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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