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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-1671): chromium-browser vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

May 14, 2016

Added

Nov 19, 2024

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a file: URL, related to net/base/escape.cc and net/base/filename_util.cc.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-chromium-browser

References

CVE-2016-1671
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-1671
CWE-22
EUVD-EUVD-2016-2766
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.ca/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-2766
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1671

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