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Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202004-15
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Severity: Critical
Date : 2020-04-16
CVE-ID : CVE-2020-6457
Package : chromium
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link :   https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1134

Summary
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The package chromium before version 81.0.4044.113-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 81.0.4044.113-1.

# pacman -Syu "chromium>=81.0.4044.113-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 81.0.4044.113.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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A use-after-free security issue has been found in the speech recognizer
component of chromium before 81.0.4044.113.

Impact
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A remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code on the
affected host.

References
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  https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15.html
  https://crbug.com/1067851
  https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-6457