Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions [,91.0.4472.77)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2409169
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Jun 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-30542  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 91.0.4472.77 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. Use after free in Tab Strip in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.77 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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