CVE-2016-5222

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.1%

Medium (6.5) in google chrome. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Incorrect handling of invalid URLs in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

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

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 65% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2017-01-19
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

google:chrome

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/657720
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11

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