Use After Free Affecting oxide-qt package, versions <1.5.3-0ubuntu2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.85% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1504-OXIDEQT-397207
  • published6 Feb 2015
  • disclosed6 Feb 2015

Introduced: 6 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-1209  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:15.04 oxide-qt to version 1.5.3-0ubuntu2 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:15.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the VisibleSelection::nonBoundaryShadowTreeRootNode function in core/editing/VisibleSelection.cpp in the DOM implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that triggers improper handling of a shadow-root anchor.

CVSS Base Scores

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