CVE-2016-1634 Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1112


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.22% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-CHROMIUMBROWSER-409603
  • published6 Mar 2016
  • disclosed6 Mar 2016

Introduced: 6 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-1634  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 chromium-browser to version 49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1112 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:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the StyleResolver::appendCSSStyleSheet function in WebKit/Source/core/css/resolver/StyleResolver.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site that triggers Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) style invalidation during a certain subtree-removal action.

CVSS Scores

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