CVE-2016-5197 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The content view client in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.85 for Android insufficiently validated intent URLs, which allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to start arbitrary activity on the system via a crafted HTML page.

Published: 2017-01-19

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.85 for Android

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.85 for Android`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6148	The content view client in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.85 for Android insufficiently validated intent URLs, which allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to start arbitrary activity on the system via a crafted HTML page.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00617.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94078
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/10/chrome-for-android-update_31.html
https://crbug.com/659477

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2017-01-19T05:43:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.521Z

Reserved: 2016-05-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5197

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-19T05:59:00.183

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5197

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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