What is CVE-2016-5267?

CVE-2016-5267 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2016-5267?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Google Android

CVE-2016-5267

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Android allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via left-to-right characters in conjunction with a right-to-left character set.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2016-08-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260 (vdb-entry)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 (vendor-advisory)
www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-82.html (Vendor Advisory)
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5267?: CVE-2016-5267 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-5267?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.