What is CVE-2016-5205?

CVE-2016-5205 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-01-19.

How severe is CVE-2016-5205?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Google Chrome

CVE-2016-5205

Blink in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux, Windows and Mac, incorrectly handles deferred page loads, which allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-01-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 61.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome
Google Chrome Prior To 55.0.2883.75 For Linux, Windows And Mac — versions Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux, Windows and Mac

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html (vendor-advisory)
crbug.com/646610
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633 (vdb-entry)
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5205?: CVE-2016-5205 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-01-19.
How severe is CVE-2016-5205?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.