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Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.9% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-411962
  • published 19 Jan 2017
  • disclosed 19 Jan 2017
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Introduced: 19 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-5213 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1 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 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.