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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-1698): chromium-browser vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

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

Published

Jun 5, 2016

Added

Nov 19, 2024

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

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

ubuntu-upgrade-chromium-browser

References

CVE-2016-1698
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-1698
CWE-200
EUVD-EUVD-2016-2793
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/stable-channel-update.html
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-2793
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1698

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