Improper Input Validation Affecting chromium package, versions [,68.0.3440.75)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2410305
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Jun 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Jun 2019

CVE-2018-6176  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 68.0.3440.75 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Insufficient file type enforcement in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted Chrome Extension.

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