Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Affecting chromium package, versions <72.0.3626.81-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-CHROMIUM-5676669
  • published30 Jan 2019
  • disclosed19 Feb 2019

Introduced: 30 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-5765  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-312  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 chromium to version 72.0.3626.81-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium package and not the chromium package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

An exposed debugging endpoint in the browser in Google Chrome on Android prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted Intent.