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Out-of-Bounds Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.26% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-413247
  • published 19 Jan 2017
  • disclosed 19 Jan 2017
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Introduced: 19 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-5200 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 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.

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly applied type rules, which allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.