CVE-2016-5163 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

4.3