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CVE-2016-5196

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5196 describes a Same Origin Policy bypass vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 54.0.2840.85 on Android. A remote attacker could exploit this by crafting an HTML page to access and interact with downloaded files and logged-in websites. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 54.0.2840.68CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0098 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 14,824 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2016/10/chrome-for-android-update_31.html
crbug.com / 659492
securityfocus.com / bid/94078