Out-of-bounds Write Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-411099
- published 7 Dec 2018
- disclosed 11 Dec 2018
Introduced: 7 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-18342 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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.
Execution of user supplied Javascript during object deserialization can update object length leading to an out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-18342
- https://crbug.com/906313
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4352
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18342
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106084