CVE-2016-1671
Publication date 14 May 2016
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
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
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1117
|
|
| oxide-qt | 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
8.1 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |