Google Chrome up to 40.0.2214.85 pdfium memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Chrome up to 40.0.2214.85 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown function of the component pdfium. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 03/03/2015 by NSFocus Security Team (Cloudfuzzer) with NSFOCUS Security Team as Stable Channel Update, March 2015 as confirmed release notes (Website). The advisory is shared for download at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-1225 since 01/21/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/12/2022). 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 81618 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (8505e013-c2b3-11e4-875d-000c6e25e3e9)), 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 167666 (OpenSuSE Security Update for Chromium 41.0.2272.76 (openSUSE-SU-2015:0505-1)).

Upgrading to version 41.0.2272.76 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 19247.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (101406) and Tenable (81618). Similar entries are available at 73906, 73907, 73908 and 73909.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 81618
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (8505e013-c2b3-11e4-875d-000c6e25e3e9)
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OpenVAS ID: 803313
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Mar15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 41.0.2272.76
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update, March 2015
Researcher: NSFocus Security Team (Cloudfuzzer)
Organization: NSFOCUS Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-1225 (🔍)
X-Force: 101406 - Google Chrome pdfium code execution
Vulnerability Center: 48875 - Google Chrome <41.0.2272.76 Remote DoS in Pdfium - CVE-2015-1225, Medium
SecurityFocus: 72901 - Google Chrome Prior to 41.0.2272.76 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 10:10
Updated: 04/12/2022 16:14
Changes: 03/10/2015 10:10 (72), 06/21/2017 17:38 (11), 04/12/2022 16:14 (3)
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Cache ID: 18:18A:103

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