Out-of-bounds Write Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <70.0.3538.110-0ubuntu0.18.10.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1810-CHROMIUMBROWSER-412224
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed27 Jun 2019

Introduced: 2 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-17479  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.10 chromium-browser to version 70.0.3538.110-0ubuntu0.18.10.1 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:18.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Incorrect object lifetime calculations in GPU code in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.