Address bar spoofing vulnerability in Google Chrome before version 50.0.2661.75

Address bar spoofing vulnerability in Google Chrome before version 50.0.2661.75

CVE-2016-1657 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

The WebContentsImpl::FocusLocationBarByDefault function in content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 mishandles focus for certain about:blank pages, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a crafted URL.

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