Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.83% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1494520
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Apr 2015

Introduced: 14 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-1245  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0816.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium-browser package and not the chromium-browser package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the OpenPDFInReaderView::Update function in browser/ui/views/location_bar/open_pdf_in_reader_view.cc in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering interaction with a PDFium "Open PDF in Reader" button that has an invalid tab association.

CVSS Base Scores

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