Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions [,72.0.3626.81)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
11.45% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2410447
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Feb 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-5756  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 72.0.3626.81 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. Inappropriate memory management when caching in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted PDF file.

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