CVE-2016-1671

Publication date 14 May 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a file: URL, related to net/base/escape.cc and net/base/filename_util.cc.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1237
15.10 wily
Fixed 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.15.10.1.1227
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1117
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
oxide-qt 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.1 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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