Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions <71.0.3578.80-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CHROMIUM-260875
  • published9 Jan 2019
  • disclosed9 Jan 2019

Introduced: 9 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-20066  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable chromium to version 71.0.3578.80-1 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.

Incorrect object lifecycle in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.