CVE-2016-5222 describes a vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.75 on Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 on Android, where incorrect handling of invalid URLs allowed a remote attacker to spoof the Omnibox (URL bar) content through a specially crafted HTML page. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to high integrity impact (I:H) by deceiving users about the authenticity of a website. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has received limited community discussion and media coverage.
| 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:N/I:H/A:N
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