vulnerability
Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2018-6043 Insufficient escaping with external URL handlers
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 25, 2018 | Nov 19, 2018 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 25, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
Insufficient data validation in External Protocol Handler in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary programs on user machine via a crafted HTML page.
Solution
google-chrome-upgrade-latest
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