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CVE-2016-1707
ios/web/web_state/ui/crw_web_controller.mm in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 on iOS does not ensure that an invalid URL is replaced…
Medium6.5EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Chrome
Description
ios/web/web_state/ui/crw_web_controller.mm in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 on iOS does not ensure that an invalid URL is replaced with the about:blank URL, which allows remote attackers to spoof the URL display via a crafted web site.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1868 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1869 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 92053 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2086333003 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1918 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/622183 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1865 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1036428 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-3637 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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