Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <56.0.2924.76-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-CHROMIUMBROWSER-408742
  • published17 Feb 2017
  • disclosed17 Feb 2017

Introduced: 17 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-5016  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1021  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 chromium-browser to version 56.0.2924.76-3 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Blink in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, failed to prevent certain UI elements from being displayed by non-visible pages, which allowed a remote attacker to show certain UI elements on a page they don't control via a crafted HTML page.