Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.18.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.27% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1063459
  • published 21 Jan 2021
  • disclosed 9 Feb 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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 Omnibox in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.6 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High