CVE-2016-5141: google chrome Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-5141 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 1.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 5Timeline
- 07-08-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via vectors involving a provisional URL for an initially empty document, related to FrameLoader.cpp and ScopedPageLoadDeferrer.cpp.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.48%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
74%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.48% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu2 products
- chromium-browser< 52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1134 | < 52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1250
- oxide-qt< 1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 1.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Google1 product
- chrome≤ 52.0.2743.82
2 vendors · 3 products
References
15 links- codereview.chromium.org/2171063002X Refsource CONFIRM
- crbug.com/629542X Refsource CONFIRM
