Out-of-Bounds Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.13% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1610-CHROMIUMBROWSER-412973
  • published7 Aug 2016
  • disclosed7 Aug 2016

Introduced: 7 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-5140  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.10 chromium-browser to version 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307 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:16.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the opj_j2k_read_SQcd_SQcc function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JPEG 2000 data.