Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions <87.0.4280.88-0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.79% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CHROMIUM-1016298
  • published7 Oct 2020
  • disclosed3 Nov 2020

Introduced: 7 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-15970  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable chromium to version 87.0.4280.88-0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium package and not the chromium package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Use after free in NFC in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

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