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Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    23.56% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-408251
  • published 27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 9 Jan 2019
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Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2016-9651 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-94 Open this link 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.