CVE-2016-1707: Google Chrome

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ios/web/web_state/ui/crw_web_controller.mm in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 on iOS does not ensure that an invalid URL is replaced with the about:blank URL, which allows remote attackers to spoof the URL display via a crafted web site.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: up to and including 51.0.2704.106

Published 2016-07-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.