CVE-2016-5148

Publication date 2 September 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to widget updates, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1254
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
oxide-qt	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.17.7-0ubuntu1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.1 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3058-1
Oxide vulnerabilities
14 September 2016