Google Chrome up to 8.0.552.208 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 8.0.552.208. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-1817. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 8.0.552.208 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Google Chrome before 12.0.742.91 does not properly implement history deletion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 06/09/2011 by Collin Payne (SkyLined) with Microsoft Vulnerability Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-1817 since 04/20/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/08/2021). 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 51069 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (6887828f-0229-11e0-b84d-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 119318 (Google Chrome Prior to 12.0.742.91 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 X-Force (67900), Tenable (51069), SecurityFocus (BID 48129†), OSVDB (72787†) and Secunia (SA44829†). The entries VDB-4341, VDB-4359, VDB-56943 and VDB-56942 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 51069
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (6887828f-0229-11e0-b84d-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 68696
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 8.0.552.209

Timelineinfo

04/20/2011 🔍
06/07/2011 +48 days 🔍
06/08/2011 +1 days 🔍
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06/13/2011 +4 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1379 days 🔍
11/08/2021 +2422 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Collin Payne (SkyLined)
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-1817 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-1817
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57632

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X-Force: 67900
SecurityFocus: 48129 - Google Chrome Prior to 12.0.742.91 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 44829 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 72787
Vulnerability Center: 31746 - Google Chrome before 12.0.742.91 History Deletion Malfunction Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 11/08/2021 01:27 PM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (66), 03/24/2017 07:49 AM (16), 11/08/2021 01:27 PM (3)
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Cache ID: 18:2C0:40

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