CVE-2016-5187

Publication date 17 October 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.85 for Android incorrectly handled rapid transition into and out of full screen mode, which allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via crafted HTML pages.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
oxide-qt 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.18.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Notes


chrisccoulson

This looks like it's in the TopControlsManager, used only in Chrome/Android. Oxide also makes use of this functionality

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3113-1
    • Oxide vulnerabilities
    • 2 November 2016

Other references