CVE-2021-4323

unknown

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.72 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access local files via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`90.0.4430.72-1`
sid	Fixed	`90.0.4430.72-1`
forky	Fixed	`90.0.4430.72-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`90.0.4430.72-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`90.0.4430.72-1`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4323

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.