chromium-browser: Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools
Published Aug 7, 2016
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.70%
Description
The Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, mishandles the script-path hostname, remoteBase parameter, and remoteFrontendUrl parameter, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URL, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5143.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:52.0.2743.116-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1580
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:52.0.2743.116-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1580 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
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- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
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- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.70% (0.01698) | 76.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.64% (0.01636) | 73.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.79% (0.00793) | 71.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.53% (0.02527) | 75.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.49% (0.00488) | 63.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.38% (0.01382) | 86.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 1.38% (0.01382) | 86.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.38% (0.01382) | 84.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5144 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1363986 Issue Tracking
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2065823004 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/618333 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5144
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5144
Change history (0)
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