CVE-2016-5163
The bidirectional-text implementation in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux does not…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 31% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The bidirectional-text implementation in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux does not ensure left-to-right (LTR) rendering of URLs, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via crafted right-to-left (RTL) Unicode text, related to omnibox/SuggestionView.java and omnibox/UrlBar.java in Chrome for Android.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 3 months later
· 3 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 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References13
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2250 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 92717 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1036729 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1988553002 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/495933 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/609680 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2349 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3660 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-201610-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2296 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1854 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-6114 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2016-5163)Record last updated .