Out-of-Bounds Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <51.0.2704.63-1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.8% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-CHROMIUMBROWSER-411950
  • published5 Jun 2016
  • disclosed5 Jun 2016

Introduced: 5 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-1683  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 chromium-browser to version 51.0.2704.63-1~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.

numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.29, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles namespace nodes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

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