Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:55.0.2883.75-1.el6
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed1 Dec 2016
Introduced: 1 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-5215 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:55.0.2883.75-1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2919.
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.
A use after free in webaudio in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/619463
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5215
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2919