The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly handled navigation within PDFs, which allowed a remote attacker to temporarily spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page containing PDF data.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2017-01-19T05:43:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.912Z

Reserved: 2016-05-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5218

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-19T05:59:00.870

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:33:32.510

Link: CVE-2016-5218

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5218 - Bugzilla