VDB-4442 · CVE-2011-2445 · BID 50625

Google Chrome 15.x memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 15.x (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.11 and 11.x before 11.1.102.55 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and before 11.1.102.59 on Android, and Adobe AIR before 3.1.0.4880, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2451, CVE-2011-2452, CVE-2011-2453, CVE-2011-2454, CVE-2011-2455, CVE-2011-2459, and CVE-2011-2460.

The weakness was disclosed 11/11/2011 by Alexander with Kaspersky Lab (Website). The advisory is available at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2445 since 06/06/2011. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/19/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74525 (openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-2011-4)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120893 (Solaris 11 Support Repository Update (SRU) 2/2a Missing).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (74525). The entries 4456, 59432, 59431 and 59430 are pretty similar.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 74525
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-2011-4)
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OpenVAS ID: 70604
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-f10-flashplugin
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: chrome.google.com
Patch: googlechromereleases.blogspot.com

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06/06/2011 🔍
11/09/2011 +156 days 🔍
11/10/2011 +1 days 🔍
11/11/2011 +1 days 🔍
11/11/2011 +0 days 🔍
11/21/2011 +10 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +935 days 🔍
03/19/2021 +2471 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
Researcher: Alexander
Organization: Kaspersky Lab
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2445 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 50625 - Adobe Flash Player CVE-2011-2445 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 46815 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical

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Created: 11/21/2011 01:00
Updated: 03/19/2021 18:01
Changes: 11/21/2011 01:00 (76), 04/17/2019 14:03 (4), 03/19/2021 17:56 (7), 03/19/2021 18:01 (1)
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