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
0.89% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1076607
  • published18 Feb 2021
  • disclosed22 Feb 2021

Introduced: 18 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-21157  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

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 Web Sockets in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 88.0.4324.182 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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