Resource Management Errors Affecting chromium package, versions [,40.0.2214.109)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.87% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2410163
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Nov 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-7907  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 40.0.2214.109 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in modules/screen_orientation/ScreenOrientationController.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 39.0.2171.65, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger improper handling of a detached frame, related to the (1) lock and (2) unlock methods.

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