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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-1641: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-1641: Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/05/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.75 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an image download after a certain data structure is deleted, as demonstrated by a favicon.ico download.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-chromium

References

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