Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions [,96.0.4664.93)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
1.76% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2980379
  • published15 Aug 2022
  • disclosed15 Aug 2022
  • creditRox

Introduced: 15 Aug 2022

CVE-2021-4053  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 96.0.4664.93 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via the UI component on Linux, allowing a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

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