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Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1250

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.31% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-CHROMIUMBROWSER-410751
  • published23 Jul 2016
  • disclosed23 Jul 2016
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Introduced: 23 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-5127  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 chromium-browser to version 52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1250 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:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit/Source/core/editing/VisibleUnits.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code involving an @import at-rule in a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence in conjunction with a rel=import attribute of a LINK element.

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