Out-of-bounds Write Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <79.0.3945.79-0ubuntu0.18.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-540764
  • published 4 Jan 2020
  • disclosed 3 Jan 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 79.0.3945.79-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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.

Use-after-free in content delivery manager in Google Chrome prior to 78.0.3904.70 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High