Google Chrome up to 8.0.552.208 denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Chrome up to 8.0.552.208 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Google Chrome before 8.0.552.215 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via malformed video content that triggers an indexing error.

The weakness was shared 12/07/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-4490. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50977 (Google Chrome < 8.0.552.215 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118797 (Google Chrome Prior to 8.0.552.215 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 8.0.552.209 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (50977) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29199†). The entries VDB-55662, VDB-55661, VDB-55660 and VDB-55658 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 50977
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 8.0.552.215 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801679
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome multiple vulnerabilities - Dec10 (Linux)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 8.0.552.209

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4490 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-4490
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55659

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SecurityFocus: 45170
Secunia: 42109
Vulnerability Center: 29199 - Google Chrome before 8.0.552.215 Remote DoS Vulnerability via Malformed Video Content, Medium

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Created: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM
Updated: 10/06/2021 11:09 AM
Changes: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM (61), 03/13/2017 10:02 AM (6), 10/06/2021 11:02 AM (5), 10/06/2021 11:09 AM (3)
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