Improper Input Validation Affecting chromium package, versions [,23.0.1271.97)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.74% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2409560
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed26 Sept 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Sep 2012

CVE-2012-2877  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 23.0.1271.97 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The extension system in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79 does not properly handle modal dialogs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

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