CVE-2015-6581 Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu1.1198


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.23% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-409847
  • published3 Sept 2015
  • disclosed3 Sept 2015

Introduced: 3 Sep 2015

CVE-2015-6581  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu1.1198 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.

Double free vulnerability in the opj_j2k_copy_default_tcp_and_create_tcd function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG before r3002, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by triggering a memory-allocation failure.

CVSS Scores

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