Information Exposure Affecting chromium package, versions [,81.0.4044.92)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2408999
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 Apr 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-6440  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 81.0.4044.92 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. Inappropriate implementation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.92 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information via a crafted Chrome Extension.

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