Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <6.0.472.63~r59945-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-CHROMIUMBROWSER-415482
  • published6 Nov 2010
  • disclosed6 Nov 2010

Introduced: 6 Nov 2010

CVE-2010-4197  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 chromium-browser to version 6.0.472.63~r59945-2 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.

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving text editing.

CVSS Scores

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