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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1698 Information leak in Extension bindings

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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1698 Information leak in Extension bindings

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/05/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/09/2016
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

The createCustomType function in extensions/renderer/resources/binding.js in the extension bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 does not validate module types, which might allow attackers to load arbitrary modules or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a poisoned definition.

Solution(s)

  • google-chrome-upgrade-latest

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