NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:53.0.2785.113-1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.07% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1508019
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Sept 2016

Introduced: 9 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-7549  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:53.0.2785.113-1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1905.

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.

Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113 does not ensure that the recipient of a certain IPC message is a valid RenderFrame or RenderWidget, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging access to a renderer process, related to render_frame_host_impl.cc and render_widget_host_impl.cc, as demonstrated by a Password Manager message.