Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions <87.0.4280.88-0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-CHROMIUM-5676819
  • published6 Dec 2020
  • disclosed8 Jan 2021

Introduced: 6 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-16039  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 chromium to version 87.0.4280.88-0.1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use after free in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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