Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.04% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-409540
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed27 Jun 2019

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-6118  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 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 double-eviction in the Incognito mode cache that lead to a user-after-free in cache in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.139 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.