FKIE_CVE-2016-1664

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-05-14 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:42
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
The HistoryController::UpdateForCommit function in content/renderer/history_controller.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.94 mishandles the interaction between subframe forward navigations and other forward navigations, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a crafted web site.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_28.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00002.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00003.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00004.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0707.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3564
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89106
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://codereview.chromium.org/1848813005/
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://crbug.com/597322
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_28.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00002.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00003.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00048.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0707.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3564
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89106
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codereview.chromium.org/1848813005/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crbug.com/597322
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google chrome *
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus 6.7z
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary 6.0
opensuse opensuse 13.1
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