Code Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:44.0.2403.89-1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.93% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1498492
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed23 Jul 2015

Introduced: 23 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-5605  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-17  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:44.0.2403.89-1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1499.

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.

The regular-expression implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, mishandles interrupts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted JavaScript code, as demonstrated by an error in garbage collection during allocation of a stack-overflow exception message.

CVSS Scores

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