Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions <93.0.4577.82-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CHROMIUM-1567295
  • published19 Aug 2021
  • disclosed26 Aug 2021

Introduced: 19 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-30601  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable chromium to version 93.0.4577.82-1 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 Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.159 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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