Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <68.0.3440.75-1~deb9u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-CHROMIUMBROWSER-410053
  • 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?

Upgrade Debian:9 chromium-browser to version 68.0.3440.75-1~deb9u1 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use after free in Bluetooth in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted Chrome Extension.