Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    8.98% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-412721
  • published 27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 4 Dec 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 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 double-eviction in the Incognito mode cache that lead to a user-after-free in Networking Disk Cache in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.