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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1658 Potential leak of sensitive information to malicious extensions

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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1658 Potential leak of sensitive information to malicious extensions

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/18/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/25/2016
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

The Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 incorrectly relies on GetOrigin method calls for origin comparisons, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted extension.

Solution(s)

  • google-chrome-upgrade-latest

References

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