Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:46.0.2490.71-1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.66% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-2123527
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Oct 2015

Introduced: 13 Oct 2015

CVE-2015-6757  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 chromium-browser to version 0:46.0.2490.71-1.el6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium-browser package and not the chromium-browser package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in content/browser/service_worker/embedded_worker_instance.cc in the ServiceWorker implementation in Google Chrome before 46.0.2490.71 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging object destruction in a callback.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1