Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:45.0.2454.85-2.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.12% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1499134
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Sept 2015

Introduced: 1 Sep 2015

CVE-2015-1295  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:45.0.2454.85-2.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1712.

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.

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the PrintWebViewHelper class in components/printing/renderer/print_web_view_helper.cc in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85 allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering nested IPC messages during preparation for printing, as demonstrated by messages associated with PDF documents in conjunction with messages about printer capabilities.

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