Improper Data Handling Affecting chromium package, versions [,54.0.2840.100)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2409669
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Jan 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-5214  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-19  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 54.0.2840.100 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Data Handling. Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Windows mishandled downloaded files, which allowed a remote attacker to prevent the downloaded file from receiving the Mark of the Web via a crafted HTML page.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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