Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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EPSS
0.57% (79th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1076607
- published 18 Feb 2021
- disclosed 22 Feb 2021
Introduced: 18 Feb 2021
CVE-2021-21157 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-21157
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BI6ZIJQYP5DFMYVX4J5OGOU2NQLEZ3SB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FE5SIKEVYTMDCC5OSXGOM2KRPYLHYMQX/
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
- https://crbug.com/1170657
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BI6ZIJQYP5DFMYVX4J5OGOU2NQLEZ3SB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FE5SIKEVYTMDCC5OSXGOM2KRPYLHYMQX/
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