Improper Input Validation Affecting chromium package, versions [,53.0.2785.103)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2409640
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Aug 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-5141  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 53.0.2785.103 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via vectors involving a provisional URL for an initially empty document, related to FrameLoader.cpp and ScopedPageLoadDeferrer.cpp.

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