CVE-2016-5187

Publication date 17 October 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.85 for Android incorrectly handled rapid transition into and out of full screen mode, which allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via crafted HTML pages.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
oxide-qt 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.18.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
chromium-browser 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored

Notes

chrisccoulson

This looks like it's in the TopControlsManager, used only in Chrome/Android. Oxide also makes use of this functionality

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3113-1
    • Oxide vulnerabilities
    • 2 November 2016

Other references