Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <86.0.4240.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.79% (82nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1016569
- published 8 Oct 2020
- disclosed 3 Nov 2020
Introduced: 8 Oct 2020
CVE-2020-15991 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
Use after free in password manager in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-15991
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/24QFL4C3AZKMFVL7LVSYMU2DNE5VVUGS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4GWCWNHTTYOH6HSFUXPGPBB6J6JYZHZE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1133688
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/24QFL4C3AZKMFVL7LVSYMU2DNE5VVUGS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4GWCWNHTTYOH6HSFUXPGPBB6J6JYZHZE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/
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