Google Chrome 19.0.1084.45 memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Chrome 19.0.1084.45 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Google Chrome before 19.0.1084.46 does not properly draw hairlines, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 05/15/2012 by Aki Helin (psaldorn) with Oulu University Secure Programming Group as 120648 as confirmed knowledge base article (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at code.google.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Google. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-3088 since 08/09/2011. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/24/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59103 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (1449af37-9eba-11e1-b9c1-00262d5ed8ee)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165306 (SUSE Security Update for Update for Chromium, v8 (openSUSE-SU-2012:0656-1)).

Upgrading to version 19.0.1084.46 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 code.google.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75593), Tenable (59103), SecurityFocus (BID 53540†), OSVDB (81950†) and Secunia (SA49194†). The entries VDB-5400, VDB-5401, VDB-5402 and VDB-5403 are pretty similar.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Private
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Nessus ID: 59103
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (1449af37-9eba-11e1-b9c1-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 71375
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 19.0.1084.46
Patch: code.google.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: 120648
Researcher: Aki Helin (psaldorn)
Organization: Oulu University Secure Programming Group
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-3088 (🔍)
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X-Force: 75593
SecurityFocus: 53540
Secunia: 49194 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 81950
SecurityTracker: 1027067 - Google Chrome Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 35098 - Google Chrome before 19 Remote DoS or Code Execution Vulnerability via Unspecified Vectors, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/24/2012 06:54 PM
Updated: 03/24/2021 06:36 PM
Changes: 05/24/2012 06:54 PM (83), 04/11/2017 10:22 PM (9), 03/24/2021 06:36 PM (3)
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Cache ID: 18:0C8:40

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