Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions [,70.0.3538.67)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.61% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2410376
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Nov 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-17462  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 70.0.3538.67 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. Incorrect refcounting in AppCache in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

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