Improper Input Validation Affecting chromium package, versions [,75.0.3770.80)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.46% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2410779
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Jun 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-5838  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 75.0.3770.80 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.

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