Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <5.0.375.29~r46008-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-CHROMIUMBROWSER-414379
  • published1 Apr 2010
  • disclosed1 Apr 2010

Introduced: 1 Apr 2010

CVE-2010-1236  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 chromium-browser to version 5.0.375.29~r46008-1 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 protocolIs function in platform/KURLGoogle.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r55822, as used in Google Chrome before 4.1.249.1036 and Flock Browser 3.x before 3.0.0.4112, does not properly handle whitespace at the beginning of a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted javascript: URL, as demonstrated by a \x00javascript:alert sequence.

CVSS Scores

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