Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting chromium package, versions [,44.0.2403.89)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.44% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2409120
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 May 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 May 2015

CVE-2015-1251  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 44.0.2403.89 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Use-after-free vulnerability in the SpeechRecognitionClient implementation in the Speech subsystem in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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