Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.27% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1526483
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Nov 2020

Introduced: 11 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-16017  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:5165.

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 site isolation in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.198 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

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