CVE-2016-1657

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    CVE-2016-1657

    Published: 18 Apr 2016Last Modified: 15 Feb 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The WebContentsImpl::FocusLocationBarByDefault function in content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 mishandles focus for certain about:blank pages, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a crafted URL.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00049.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00050.html, https://codereview.chromium.org/1678233003/, https://crbug.com/567445, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0638.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3549, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    content-1.0.0
    content-1.0.0alpha1
    content-1.0.0beta1
    content-1.0.0rc1
    content-1.0.0rc2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High