Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1
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- published27 Jun 2018
- disclosed9 Jan 2019
Introduced: 27 Jun 2018
CVE-2016-9651 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1 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.
A missing check for whether a property of a JS object is private in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 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-2016-9651
- https://crbug.com/664411
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9651
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42175/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633