Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <60.0.3112.78-0ubuntu1.1363
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
2.22% (90th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-409641
- published 27 Oct 2017
- disclosed 27 Oct 2017
Introduced: 27 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-5098 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 60.0.3112.78-0ubuntu1.1363 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 use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Android allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5098
- https://crbug.com/740803
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3926
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5098
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1833
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99950
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