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Out-of-Bounds Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu2.1343

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.49% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-408679
  • published 17 Feb 2017
  • disclosed 17 Feb 2017
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Introduced: 17 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-5012 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu2.1343 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 heap buffer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.