UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1638

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1638

    Published: 6 Mar 2016Last Modified: 8 Sept 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-1638

    Summary:

    Details: extensions/renderer/resources/platform_app.js in the Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 does not properly restrict use of Web APIs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted platform app.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1638, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.ca/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1638

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1112

    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