Out-of-Bounds Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-413247
- published 19 Jan 2017
- disclosed 19 Jan 2017
Introduced: 19 Jan 2017
CVE-2016-5200 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5200
- https://crbug.com/658114
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5200
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-16
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2718.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94196
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037273