Improper Input Validation Affecting chromium package, versions [,73.0.3683.75)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2409229
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 May 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 May 2019

CVE-2019-5793  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 73.0.3683.75 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker to initiate the extensions installation user interface via a crafted HTML page.

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