CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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9.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Chrome 16.0.912.77 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown code of the component CSS Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences.
The weakness was disclosed 02/08/2012 by Collin Payne (miaubiz) with Chromium Development Community (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Google. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-3968 since 10/01/2011. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/24/2018). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57883 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (fe1976c2-5317-11e1-9e99-00262d5ed8ee)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119930 (Google Chrome Prior to 17.0.963.46 Multiple Vulnerabilities).
Upgrading to version 17.0.963.46 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 trac.webkit.org. 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 (57883). The entries 4604, 4613, 4607 and 4609 are pretty similar.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0
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Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 57883
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (fe1976c2-5317-11e1-9e99-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 70732
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Chrome 17.0.963.46
Patch: trac.webkit.org
Timeline
10/01/2011 🔍01/12/2012 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: google.comProduct: google.com
Advisory: lists.apple.com
Researcher: Collin Payne (miaubiz)
Organization: Chromium Development Community
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-3968 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1026654
SecurityFocus: 51911
Secunia: 47938 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 78948
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Entry
Created: 02/24/2012 01:00Updated: 04/24/2018 09:22
Changes: 02/24/2012 01:00 (80), 04/24/2018 09:22 (6)
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