Information Exposure Affecting oxide-qt package, versions <1.17.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1


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-OXIDEQT-397149
  • 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 oxide-qt to version 1.17.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream oxide-qt package and not the oxide-qt 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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