Out-of-bounds Write Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
86.74% (99th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-408212
- published 7 Dec 2018
- disclosed 11 Dec 2018
Introduced: 7 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-17480 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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.
Execution of user supplied Javascript during array deserialization leading to an out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-17480
- https://crbug.com/905940
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4352
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17480
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106084
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
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