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CVE-2024-7978 (GCVE-0-2024-7978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-21 20:20 – Updated: 2024-10-29 19:53
VLAI
Summary
Insufficient policy enforcement in Data Transfer in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-22 13:23 UTC
CWE
  • Insufficient policy enforcement
  • CWE-346 - Origin Validation Error
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Google Chrome Affected: 128.0.6613.84 , < 128.0.6613.84 (custom)
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