CVE-2016-5212 describes a vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.75 (Mac, Windows, Linux) and 55.0.2883.84 (Android) where insufficient sanitization of DevTools URLs allowed a remote attacker to read local files through a crafted HTML page. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) requires user interaction (UI:R) but has a low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to high confidentiality impact (C:H) without affecting integrity or availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code, and it is not listed in KEV, the vulnerability garnered notable community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 54.0.2840.99CPE 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:H/I:N/A:N
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