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CVE-2016-5193
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…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Chrome
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% 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: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- bypass restrictions on navigation to certain URL schemes
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Chrome prior to 54.0 for iOS
- affected Chrome prior to 54.0 for iOS
References (5)
- https://crbug.com/639658 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 93528 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201610-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .