Description
browser/ui/website_settings/website_settings.cc in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 does not always display "Media: Allowed by you" in a Permissions table after the user has granted camera permission to a web site, which might make it easier for user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive video data from a device's physical environment via a crafted web site that turns on the camera at a time when the user believes that camera access is prohibited.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 8 | chromium-browser | 42.0.2311.90-1~deb8u1 | DSA-3238-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | chromium-browser | 43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1089 | — |
Advisories 1
- DSA-3238-1 chromium-browser - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- 74225 vdb-entry
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=433170
- DSA-3238 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0748 vendor-advisory
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html