Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:84.0.4147.105-2.el6_10


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1524302
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Jul 2020

Introduced: 14 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-6518  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:84.0.4147.105-2.el6_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3377.

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 in developer tools in Google Chrome prior to 84.0.4147.89 allowed a remote attacker who had convinced the user to use developer tools to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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