CVE-2016-5143: google chrome
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-5143 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 1.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 2% (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
The Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, mishandles the script-path hostname, remoteBase parameter, and remoteFrontendUrl parameter, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URL, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5144.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.76%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
78%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.76% 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/2065823004X Refsource CONFIRM
- crbug.com/619414X Refsource CONFIRM
