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CVE-2016-1671
Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct…
High8.1EPSS 1.5%
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- Chrome
Description
Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a file: URL, related to net/base/escape.cc and net/base/filename_util.cc.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- [chromium-reviews] 20160217 FileURLToFilePath: Don't unescape '/' and '\\'. (issue 1704163003 by [email protected]) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 90584 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1035872 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/586657 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1704163003/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201605-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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Record last updated .