Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions <56.0.2924.76-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE35-CHROMIUM-468119
  • published22 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2019

CVE-2017-5021  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.5 chromium to version 56.0.2924.76-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium package and not the chromium package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use after free in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.