CVE-2016-5135: google chrome Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-5135 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 1.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 5Timeline
- 23-07-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
WebKit/Source/core/html/parser/HTMLPreloadScanner.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, does not consider referrer-policy information inside an HTML document during a preload request, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism via a crafted web site, as demonstrated by a "Content-Security-Policy: referrer origin-when-cross-origin" header that overrides a "<META name='referrer' content='no-referrer'>" element.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.94%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
80%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.94% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu2 products
- chromium-browser< 52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1134 | < 52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1250
- oxide-qt< 1.16.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 1.16.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Google1 product
- chrome≤ 51.0.2704.106
2 vendors · 3 products
References
17 links- crbug.com/605451X Refsource CONFIRM
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- codereview.chromium.org/1913983002X Refsource CONFIRM
