Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-CHROMIUMBROWSER-410052
  • published16 Aug 2018
  • disclosed27 Jun 2019

Introduced: 16 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-6171  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 chromium-browser.

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.

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