Improper Input Validation Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <47.0.2526.73-1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-CHROMIUMBROWSER-407747
  • published6 Dec 2015
  • disclosed6 Dec 2015

Introduced: 6 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-6784  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 chromium-browser to version 47.0.2526.73-1~deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium-browser package and not the chromium-browser package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The page serializer in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73 mishandles Mark of the Web (MOTW) comments for URLs containing a "--" sequence, which might allow remote attackers to inject HTML via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by an initial http://example.com?-- substring.

CVSS Scores

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