Use After Free Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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EPSS
0.22% (61st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-573125
- published 23 Jun 2020
- disclosed 22 Jul 2020
Introduced: 23 Jun 2020
CVE-2020-6509 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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 extensions in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.116 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-6509
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-6509
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-08
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_22.html
- https://crbug.com/1092308
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00040.html
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