Blink in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, failed to prevent certain UI elements from being displayed by non-visible pages, which allowed a remote attacker to show certain UI elements on a page they don't control via a crafted HTML page.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2017-5016 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS3 Base Score | 6.5 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | None |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (chromium-browser) | RHSA-2017:0206 | 2017-01-26 |