Upstream information
Description
The protocolIs function in platform/KURLGoogle.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r55822, as used in Google Chrome before 4.1.249.1036 and Flock Browser 3.x before 3.0.0.4112, does not properly handle whitespace at the beginning of a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted javascript: URL, as demonstrated by a \x00javascript:alert sequence.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
National Vulnerability Database | |
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Base Score | 4.3 |
Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | Medium |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | Partial |
Availability Impact | None |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SR:2011:002, published Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:00:00 +0000 openSUSE-SU-2011:0024-1
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:42:46 2013CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:39:00 2023