CVE-2016-5134 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5134?

CVE-2016-5134 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 23 Jul 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

net/proxy/proxy_service.cc in the Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) feature in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not ensure that URL information is restricted to a scheme, host, and port, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by operating a server with a PAC script, a related issue to CVE-2016-3763.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5134?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5134?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-5134 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5134 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-954m-m477-6vf2, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5134.