Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions [,68.0.3440.75)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2410162
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Jun 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Jun 2019

CVE-2018-6171  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 68.0.3440.75 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. Use after free in Bluetooth in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted Chrome Extension.

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