Improper Input Validation Affecting chromium package, versions [,71.0.3578.80)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2409101
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Dec 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-18358  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 71.0.3578.80 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Lack of special casing of localhost in WPAD files in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed an attacker on the local network segment to proxy resources on localhost via a crafted WPAD file.

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