Homepage
About Snyk

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <64.0.3282.167-0ubuntu1

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    2% (90th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-407525
  • published 27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 9 Jan 2019
Report a new vulnerability Found a mistake?

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-6056 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-704 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 64.0.3282.167-0ubuntu1 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.

Type confusion could lead to a heap out-of-bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.168 allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.