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CVE-2016-5218

The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0...

6.5 MediumFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.23%Unchanged since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

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.

Record
CVE-2016-5218
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2016-5218
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6169 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2016-6169
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q9qw-4hxf-q5wf 6.5

The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0...

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.

Record
GHSA-q9qw-4hxf-q5wf
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2016:2919 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update

Record
RHSA-2016:2919
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5218 6.5

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5218
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0419 No score

Updated chromium-browser-stable packages fix security vulnerabilities

Multiple flaws were found in the way Chromium 54 processes various types of web content, where loading a web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5203, CVE-2016-5204, CVE-2016-5205, CVE-2016-5206, CVE-2016-5207, CVE-2016-5208, CVE-2016-5209, CVE-2016-5210, CVE-2016-5211, CVE-2016-5212, CVE-2016-5213, CVE-2016-5214, CVE-2016-5215, CVE-2016-5216, CVE-2016-5217, CVE-2016-5218, CVE-2016-5219, CVE-2016-5220, CVE-2016-5221, CVE-2016-5222, CVE-2016-5223, CVE-2016-5224, CVE-2016-5225, CVE-2016-5226, CVE-2016-9650, CVE-2016-9651, CVE-2016-9652)

Record
MGASA-2016-0419
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1 No score

Security update for Chromium

This update to Chromium 55.0.2883.75 fixes the following vulnerabilities:

  • CVE-2016-9651: Private property access in V8
  • CVE-2016-5208: Universal XSS in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5207: Universal XSS in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5206: Same-origin bypass in PDFium
  • CVE-2016-5205: Universal XSS in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5204: Universal XSS in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5209: Out of bounds write in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5203: Use after free in PDFium
  • CVE-2016-5210: Out of bounds write in PDFium
  • CVE-2016-5212: Local file disclosure in DevTools
  • CVE-2016-5211: Use after free in PDFium
  • CVE-2016-5213: Use after free in V8
  • CVE-2016-5214: File download protection bypass
  • CVE-2016-5216: Use after free in PDFium
  • CVE-2016-5215: Use after free in Webaudio
  • CVE-2016-5217: Use of unvalidated data in PDFium
  • CVE-2016-5218: Address spoofing in Omnibox
  • CVE-2016-5219: Use after free in V8
  • CVE-2016-5221: Integer overflow in ANGLE
  • CVE-2016-5220: Local file access in PDFium
  • CVE-2016-5222: Address spoofing in Omnibox
  • CVE-2016-9650: CSP Referrer disclosure
  • CVE-2016-5223: Integer overflow in PDFium
  • CVE-2016-5226: Limited XSS in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5225: CSP bypass in Blink
  • CVE-2016-5224: Same-origin bypass in SVG
  • CVE-2016-9652: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives

The default bookmarks override was removed.

The following packaging changes are included:

  • Switch to system libraries: harfbuzz, zlib, ffmpeg, where available.
  • Chromium now requires harfbuzz >= 1.3.0
Record
openSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 No score

chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
chromium-browser
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 46 CVEs
 before 55.0.2883.75-1~deb8u1, plus listed versions
41.0.2272.118-142.0.2311.135-142.0.2311.135-1~deb8u142.0.2311.135-242.0.2311.90-1
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42.0.2311.90-1~deb8u142.0.2311.90-243.0.2357.124-143.0.2357.124-243.0.2357.124-343.0.2357.130-143.0.2357.65-143.0.2357.65-1~deb8u143.0.2357.81-144.0.2403.107-144.0.2403.107-244.0.2403.157-144.0.2403.89-144.0.2403.89-1~deb8u145.0.2454.101-145.0.2454.85-145.0.2454.85-1~deb8u146.0.2490.13-146.0.2490.71-146.0.2490.71-1~deb8u147.0.2526.111-147.0.2526.16-147.0.2526.73-147.0.2526.73-1~deb8u147.0.2526.80-147.0.2526.80-1~deb8u147.0.2526.80-247.0.2526.80-348.0.2564.116-148.0.2564.116-1~deb8u148.0.2564.23-148.0.2564.82-148.0.2564.82-1~deb8u148.0.2564.82-249.0.2623.108-149.0.2623.108-1~deb8u149.0.2623.108-249.0.2623.75-149.0.2623.75-1~deb8u149.0.2623.75-249.0.2623.87-149.0.2623.87-1~deb8u150.0.2661.75-150.0.2661.75-1~deb8u150.0.2661.75-2
55.0.2883.75-1~deb8u1
chromium-browser-stable
Mageia:5
From an advisory covering 27 CVEs
 before 55.0.2883.87-1.mga5
55.0.2883.87-1.mga5
chromium-browser
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
From an advisory covering 27 CVEs
 before 0:55.0.2883.75-1.el6
0:55.0.2883.75-1.el6
chromium-browser-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
From an advisory covering 27 CVEs
 before 0:55.0.2883.75-1.el6
0:55.0.2883.75-1.el6
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172, plus listed versions
29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu231.0.1650.63-0ubuntu1~20131204.132.0.1700.107-0ubuntu1~20140204.977.133.0.1750.152-0ubuntu1~pkg995.134.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2
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36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg102937.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104237.0.2062.120-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104938.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106139.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106440.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106840.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106941.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.107643.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.108943.0.2357.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109244.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109545.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109745.0.2454.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109947.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110647.0.2526.106-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110748.0.2564.82-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110848.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111149.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111249.0.2623.108-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111350.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111751.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.112152.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.113453.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.114253.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145
58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263, plus listed versions
45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.120147.0.2526.73-0ubuntu1.121847.0.2526.106-0ubuntu1.122148.0.2564.82-0ubuntu1.122248.0.2564.116-0ubuntu1.1229
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49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu1.123249.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.123350.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.123751.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.124252.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125053.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125453.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1257
55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263
chromium
SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 27 CVEs
 before 55.0.2883.75-2.1
55.0.2883.75-2.1
chromium
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 719 CVEs
 before 55.0.2883.75-3.1
55.0.2883.75-3.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-5218 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Google Chrome, published December 11, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.23%, the 69th percentile. Fixed in chromium-browser 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172.

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