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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2016-5163 Detail

Current 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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.html CVE, Chrome
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html CVE, Chrome
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.html CVE, Chrome
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html CVE, Chrome
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html CVE, Chrome
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660 CVE, Chrome
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717 CVE, Chrome
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729 CVE, Chrome
https://codereview.chromium.org/1988553002 CVE, Chrome
https://crbug.com/495933 CVE, Chrome
https://crbug.com/609680 CVE, Chrome
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html CVE, Chrome
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 CVE, Chrome

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-254 7PK - Security Features cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5163
NVD Published Date:
09/11/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Chrome