Code Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu1.1195


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.92% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-409660
  • published23 Jul 2015
  • disclosed23 Jul 2015

Introduced: 23 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-5605  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-17  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu1.1195 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.

The regular-expression implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, mishandles interrupts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted JavaScript code, as demonstrated by an error in garbage collection during allocation of a stack-overflow exception message.

CVSS Scores

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