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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-1613): chromium-browser vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-1613): chromium-browser vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/25/2016
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/19/2024

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the formfiller implementation in PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document, related to improper tracking of the destruction of (1) IPWL_FocusHandler and (2) IPWL_Provider objects.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-chromium-browser

References

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