Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <33.0.1750.152-0ubuntu0.12.10.1~pkg895.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.8% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1210-CHROMIUMBROWSER-412702
  • published16 Jan 2014
  • disclosed16 Jan 2014

Introduced: 16 Jan 2014

CVE-2013-6646  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.10 chromium-browser to version 33.0.1750.152-0ubuntu0.12.10.1~pkg895.1 or higher.

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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Web Workers implementation in Google Chrome before 32.0.1700.76 on Windows and before 32.0.1700.77 on Mac OS X and Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the shutting down of a worker process.

CVSS Scores

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