Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <94.0.4606.71-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
1.62% (88th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1726873
- published 29 Sep 2021
- disclosed 8 Oct 2021
Introduced: 29 Sep 2021
CVE-2021-37973 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 94.0.4606.71-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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 Portals in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.61 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-2021-37973
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4DDW7HAHTS3SDVXBQUY4SURELO5D4X7R/
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
- https://crbug.com/1251727
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PM7MOYYHJSWLIFZ4TPJTD7MSA3HSSLV2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4DDW7HAHTS3SDVXBQUY4SURELO5D4X7R/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PM7MOYYHJSWLIFZ4TPJTD7MSA3HSSLV2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
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