Information Exposure Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.92% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-CHROMIUMBROWSER-411867
  • published25 Sept 2016
  • disclosed25 Sept 2016

Introduced: 25 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-5172  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (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.

The parser in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113, mishandles scopes, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from arbitrary memory locations via crafted JavaScript code.

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