CVE-2016-1671 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1671?

CVE-2016-1671 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 14 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1671?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1671?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2016-1671 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1671 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-pv9g-c5hj-738x, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1671.