Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability in Google Chrome

Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2016-1664 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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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