chromium-browser: file download protection bypass
Published Jan 19, 2017
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.35%
Description
Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Windows mishandled downloaded files, which allowed a remote attacker to prevent the downloaded file from receiving the Mark of the Web via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Windows Defaultn/a
- Version Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for WindowsStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Windows | n/a |
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No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:55.0.2883.75-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2919
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:55.0.2883.75-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2919 |
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:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.35% (0.01346) | 70.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.35% (0.01346) | 67.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.33% (0.00328) | 53.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00356) | 72.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00356) | 71.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.36% (0.00356) | 68.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.27% (0.00274) | 62.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5214 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400864 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/601538 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5214
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5214
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5214 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400864 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/601538 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5214 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5214 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.