Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <53.0.2785.89-1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.84% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-CHROMIUMBROWSER-413781
  • published11 Sept 2016
  • disclosed11 Sept 2016

Introduced: 11 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-5156  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 chromium-browser to version 53.0.2785.89-1~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.

extensions/renderer/event_bindings.cc in the event bindings in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux attempts to process filtered events after failure to add an event matcher, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.