CVE-2016-1664 in Chrome

Summary

The HistoryController::UpdateForCommit function in content/renderer/history_controller.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.94 mishandles the interaction between subframe forward navigations and other forward navigations, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a crafted web site.

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• Reservation: 01/12/2016
• Disclosure: 05/14/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-87384 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-254 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.6
• EPSS: 0.01056
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1664
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1664
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-1664/