Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.84% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-CHROMIUMBROWSER-411580
  • published11 Sept 2016
  • disclosed11 Sept 2016

Introduced: 11 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-5151  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 chromium-browser to version 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142 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.

PDFium in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux mishandles timers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document, related to fpdfsdk/javascript/JS_Object.cpp and fpdfsdk/javascript/app.cpp.