Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:55.0.2883.75-1.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
36.9% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1508774
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Dec 2016

Introduced: 1 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9651  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (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 missing check for whether a property of a JS object is private in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.