CVE-2016-5192 describes a cross-origin bypass vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 54.0.2840.59 on Windows, specifically within the TextTrackLoader component. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) could allow a remote attacker to bypass cross-origin restrictions and potentially impact data integrity through crafted HTML pages, requiring user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community attention and media coverage.
| 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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