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CVE-2016-5208 json

Blink in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux and Windows, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed possible corruption of the DOM tre…

published 2017-01-19 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-6159

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Blink in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux and Windows, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed possible corruption of the DOM tree during synchronous event handling, which allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

  • oxide-qt Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.19.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • oxide-qt Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.19.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5208

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 55.0.2883.75-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:2919

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 55.0.2883.75-3.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 55.0.2883.75-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1openSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1

  • chromium Arch Linux 55.0.2883.75-1

arch linux advisories AVG-93

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-5208 updated cvss 8.8

chromium-browser: universal xss in blink

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 55.0.2883.75-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 55.0.2883.75-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 55.0.2883.75-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2919

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux and Windows, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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