What is CVE-2016-5214?

CVE-2016-5214 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-01-19.

How severe is CVE-2016-5214?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-5214 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2016-5214

Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Windows mishandled downloaded files, which allowed a remote attacker to prevent the downloaded file from receiving the Mark of the Web via a crafted HTML page.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome
Google Chrome Prior To 55.0.2883.75 For Windows — versions Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-19

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html (vendor-advisory)
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)
crbug.com/601538

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5214?: CVE-2016-5214 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-01-19.
How severe is CVE-2016-5214?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-5214 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.