Out-of-bounds Write Affecting chromium package, versions <71.0.3578.80-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.2% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CHROMIUM-260885
  • published7 Dec 2018
  • disclosed11 Dec 2018

Introduced: 7 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-18356  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (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.

An integer overflow in path handling lead to a use after free in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.