Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.11% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1494533
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Jan 2015

Introduced: 28 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-1243  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:42.0.2311.135-1.el6_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0921.

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 MutationObserver::disconnect function in core/dom/MutationObserver.cpp in the DOM implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.135, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an attempt to unregister a MutationObserver object that is not currently registered.

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