UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6784

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6784

    Published: 5 Dec 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-6784
    Aliases:
    USN-2825-1

    Summary:

    Details: The page serializer in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73 mishandles Mark of the Web (MOTW) comments for URLs containing a "--" sequence, which might allow remote attackers to inject HTML via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by an initial http://example.com?-- substring.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6784, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2825-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6784

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1106

    Affected versions

    29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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