CVE-2016-5163

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductGoogle Chrome
PublishedSep 11, 2016
First seenSep 11, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
google chromev ≤ 52.0.2743.116—
opensuse leap42.1—

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