Improper Input Validation Affecting chromium package, versions [,61.0.3163.79)(61.0.3163.79,61.0.3163.81)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2410758
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Oct 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-5081  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 61.0.3163.79, 61.0.3163.81 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Lack of verification of an extension's locale folder in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android, allowed an attacker with local write access to modify extensions by modifying extension files.

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