Out-of-Bounds Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <54.0.2840.101-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.26% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-CHROMIUMBROWSER-413241
  • published19 Jan 2017
  • disclosed19 Jan 2017

Introduced: 19 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-5200  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 chromium-browser to version 54.0.2840.101-1 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.

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly applied type rules, which allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.