CVE-2020-15959 Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <85.0.4183.121-0ubuntu0.18.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-674258
  • published11 Sept 2020
  • disclosed21 Sept 2020

Introduced: 11 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-15959  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 85.0.4183.121-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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.

Insufficient policy enforcement in networking in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183.102 allowed an attacker who convinced the user to enable logging to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via social engineering.

CVSS Scores

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