Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the shared-timer implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging erroneous timer firing, related to ThreadTimers.cpp and Timer.cpp.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 8 | chromium-browser | 45.0.2454.85-1~deb8u1 | DSA-3351-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | chromium-browser | 45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1097 | — |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | oxide-qt | 1.9.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 | USN-2735-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | chromium-browser | 45.0.2454.85-2.el6 | RHSA-2015:1712 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | chromium | 55.0.2883.75-3.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 |
Advisories 5
- RHSA-2015:1712 Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
- DSA-3351-1 chromium-browser - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- USN-2735-1 oxide-qt vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Feb 10, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1873 vendor-advisory
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/09/stable-channel-update.html
- RHSA-2015:1712 vendor-advisory
- https://codereview.chromium.org/959263002/
- 1033472 vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1586 vendor-advisory
- DSA-3351 vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201603-09 vendor-advisory
- https://codereview.chromium.org/956333002/
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=416362
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1153763005/