PT-2016-3022 · Opera+5 · Opera+6

Published 2016-12-01 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-5222

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.75 Google Chrome for Android versions prior to 55.0.2883.84 Opera (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the incorrect handling of invalid URLs in the browser, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. This can potentially lead to a denial of service or other system impacts.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.75, update to version 55.0.2883.75 or later. For Google Chrome for Android versions prior to 55.0.2883.84, update to version 55.0.2883.84 or later. For Opera, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2425

BDU:2017-00106

CVE-2016-5222

DSA-3731-1

MGASA-2016-0419

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3108-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

RHSA-2016:2919

RHSA-2016_2919

USN-3153-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Google Chrome

Google Chrome For Android

Opera

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2372

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5221 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5204 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5225 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0419.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3731-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5222 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00106 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5226 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5207 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5222 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3153-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5209 · Vendor Advisory