Google Chrome up to 8.0.552.208 input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 8.0.552.208 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Google Chrome before 8.0.552.237 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.344 do not properly handle a mismatch in video frame sizes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 01/12/2011 by Sergey Glazunov (SkyLined) with Chromium Development Community (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-0477. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/11/2021). 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 51511 (Google Chrome < 8.0.552.237 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 118908 (Google Chrome Prior to 8.0.552.237 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 8.0.552.209 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11301.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (64668) and Tenable (51511). The entries 56075, 56074, 56073 and 56072 are pretty similar.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 51511
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 8.0.552.237 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801826
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome multiple vulnerabilities - Jan11 (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 8.0.552.209
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Sergey Glazunov (SkyLined)
Organization: Chromium Development Community
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0477 (🔍)
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X-Force: 64668
Vulnerability Center: 29141 - Google Chrome Before 8.0.552.237 and Chrome OS Before 8.0.552.344 Remote DoS Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 45788 - Google Chrome prior to 8.0.552.237 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 42850
OSVDB: 70460 - Google Chrome Video Frame Size Mismatch Remote DoS

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 10/12/2021 09:31
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (68), 03/13/2017 09:56 (12), 10/11/2021 23:08 (5), 10/11/2021 23:20 (2), 10/12/2021 09:29 (1), 10/12/2021 09:31 (1)
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