CVE-2016-5217

medium

Description

The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly permitted access to privileged plugins, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11

https://crbug.com/654280

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-19

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N