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Improper Initialization Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <86.0.4240.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1016557
  • published 8 Oct 2020
  • disclosed 3 Nov 2020
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Introduced: 8 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-15989 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-665 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 86.0.4240.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Uninitialized data in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted PDF file.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

4.3 medium