Improper Input Validation Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <55.0.2883.75-1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.22% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-CHROMIUMBROWSER-414781
  • published18 Dec 2016
  • disclosed18 Dec 2016

Introduced: 18 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-5193  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 chromium-browser to version 55.0.2883.75-1~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.

Google Chrome prior to 54.0 for iOS had insufficient validation of URLs for windows open by DOM, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass restrictions on navigation to certain URL schemes via crafted HTML pages.