Buffer Overflow Affecting chromium package, versions <83.0.4103.83-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.16% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CHROMIUM-568220
  • published5 May 2020
  • disclosed26 May 2020

Introduced: 5 May 2020

CVE-2020-6831  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable chromium to version 83.0.4103.83-1 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.

A buffer overflow could occur when parsing and validating SCTP chunks in WebRTC. This could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.8, Firefox < 76, and Thunderbird < 68.8.0.

CVSS Scores

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