Information Exposure Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <57.0.2987.98-1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-CHROMIUMBROWSER-407861
  • published24 Apr 2017
  • disclosed24 Apr 2017

Introduced: 24 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-5040  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 chromium-browser to version 57.0.2987.98-1~deb8u1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android was missing a neutering check, which allowed a remote attacker to read values in memory via a crafted HTML page.

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