Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.14.04.1204


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.22% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-CHROMIUMBROWSER-412539
  • published7 Feb 2018
  • disclosed7 Feb 2018

Introduced: 7 Feb 2018

CVE-2017-5131  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 chromium-browser to version 62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.14.04.1204 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.

An integer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page, aka an out-of-bounds write.