CVE-2016-1657
Google Chrome Spoofable Address Bar Vulnerability
Description
The WebContentsImpl::FocusLocationBarByDefault function in content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 mishandles focus for certain about:blank pages, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a crafted URL.
INFO
Published Date :
April 18, 2016, 10:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2016-1657
vulnerability.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2016-1657 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-1657 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00049.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00050.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0638.html Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3549 Added Reference https://codereview.chromium.org/1678233003/ Added Reference https://crbug.com/567445 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Source Update by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Chrome https://crbug.com/567445 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00050.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00049.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0638.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://codereview.chromium.org/1678233003/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3549 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 [No types assigned] Removed Reference Google Inc. https://crbug.com/567445 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html Removed Reference Google Inc. https://codereview.chromium.org/1678233003/ Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3549 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.html Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0638.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00049.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00050.html -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00049.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00050.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 01, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0638.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 04, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:49.0.2623.112:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:49.0.2623.112:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3549 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3549 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.html Third Party Advisory -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 29, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3549 Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 18, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:49.0.2623.112:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html No Types Assigned http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-254 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 18, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-1657 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-1657
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.34 }} -0.19%
score
0.68182
percentile