CVE-2016-5212

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android insufficiently sanitized DevTools URLs, which allowed a remote attacker to read local files via a crafted HTML page.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 19, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-5212: Medium severity, CVSS 6.5 | Vulnix