Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:52.0.2743.82-1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.38% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1507375
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Jul 2016

Introduced: 20 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-5136  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:52.0.2743.82-1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1485.

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 extensions/renderer/user_script_injector.cc in the Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to script deletion.