Improper Access Control The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package chromium-browser  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-CHROMIUMBROWSER-599734
  • published19 Aug 2020
  • disclosed18 Apr 2016

Introduced: 18 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-1656  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:9.

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.

The download implementation in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 on Android allows remote attackers to bypass intended pathname restrictions via unspecified vectors.