Improper Data Handling Affecting chromium package, versions [,68.0.3440.75)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.75% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2410341
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Jan 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-6166  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-19  (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 Data Handling. Incorrect handling of confusable characters in URL Formatter in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to perform domain spoofing via IDN homographs via a crafted domain name.

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