Google Chrome up to 4.1.249.1055 toAlphabetic numeric error

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Google Chrome up to 4.1.249.1055 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is the function toAlphabetic. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Off-by-one error in the toAlphabetic function in rendering/RenderListMarker.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r59950, as used in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash), or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to list markers for HTML lists, aka rdar problem 8009118.

The weakness was published 09/24/2010 with Apple Product Security as Bug 596500 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-1773. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/25/2021). 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 47723 (Fedora 13 : qt-4.6.3-8.fc13 (2010-11011)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118691 (Fedora Update for qt (FEDORA-2010-11011)).

Upgrading to version 4.1.249.1056 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (47723). Similar entries are available at 50806, 54829 and 54101.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.2

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 47723
Nessus Name: Fedora 13 : qt-4.6.3-8.fc13 (2010-11011)
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OpenVAS ID: 67711
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: webkit-gtk2
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 4.1.249.1056

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06/08/2010 +33 days 🔍
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09/24/2010 +108 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1634 days 🔍
09/25/2021 +2382 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Bug 596500
Organization: Apple Product Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-1773 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 27288 - Google Chrome Before 5.0.375.70 Remote Information Disclosure, DoS or Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 41575 - WebKit 'WebCore::toAlphabetic()' Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 40072

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Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/25/2021 14:13
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (66), 03/06/2017 11:06 (9), 09/25/2021 14:03 (4), 09/25/2021 14:10 (11), 09/25/2021 14:13 (1)
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