NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <6.0.472.63~r59945-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.05% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-CHROMIUMBROWSER-414411
  • published22 Dec 2010
  • disclosed22 Dec 2010

Introduced: 22 Dec 2010

CVE-2010-4576  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 chromium-browser to version 6.0.472.63~r59945-4 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.

browser/worker_host/message_port_dispatcher.cc in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.224 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.343 does not properly handle certain postMessage calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted JavaScript code that creates a web worker.

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