CVE-2024-7978
Publication date 21 August 2024
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
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)
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| chromium-browser | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
Notes
alexmurray
The Debian chromium source package is called chromium-browser in Ubuntu
mdeslaur
starting with Ubuntu 19.10, the chromium-browser package is just a script that installs the Chromium snap
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
4.3 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |