Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions [,53.0.2785.144)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2410337
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Dec 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-5190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 53.0.2785.144 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android incorrectly handled object lifecycles during shutdown, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via crafted HTML pages.

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