CVE-2016-5206

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-01-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The PDF plugin in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly followed redirects, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 54.0.2840.99

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/653749
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/653749
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11

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