CVE-2016-5193

Publication date 18 December 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Google Chrome prior to 54.0 for iOS had insufficient validation of URLs for windows open by DOM, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass restrictions on navigation to certain URL schemes via crafted HTML pages.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
oxide-qt 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Notes

chrisccoulson

Looks like it's iOS only

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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