Out-of-bounds Write Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <85.0.4183.83-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
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0.32% (71st
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-598314
- published 12 Aug 2020
- disclosed 21 Sep 2020
Introduced: 12 Aug 2020
CVE-2020-6548 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 85.0.4183.83-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 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.
Heap buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 84.0.4147.125 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-6548
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-6548
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EE7XWIZBME7JAY7N6CGPET4CLNHHEIVT/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1103827
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EE7XWIZBME7JAY7N6CGPET4CLNHHEIVT/
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