CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.6 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Chrome up to 51 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Media. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Heap-based buffer overflow in content/renderer/media/canvas_capture_handler.cc in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site.
The weakness was disclosed 05/25/2016 by Aleksandar Nikolic (OUSPG) with Cisco Talos as Stable Channel Update, May 2016 as confirmed release notes (Website). The advisory is available at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-1689 since 01/12/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/20/2018). 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 91351 (Google Chrome < 51.0.2704.63 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370005 (Google Chrome Prior to 51.0.2704.63 Multiple Vulnerabilities).
Upgrading to version 51.0.2704.63 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.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91351). The entries 87298, 87299, 87300 and 87301 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 91351
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 51.0.2704.63 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 831745
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for Chromium openSUSE-SU-2016:1430-1 (Chromium)
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Chrome 51.0.2704.63
Timeline
01/12/2016 🔍05/25/2016 🔍
05/25/2016 🔍
05/25/2016 🔍
05/27/2016 🔍
05/27/2016 🔍
05/28/2016 🔍
06/05/2016 🔍
12/20/2018 🔍
Sources
Vendor: google.comProduct: google.com
Advisory: Stable Channel Update, May 2016
Researcher: Aleksandar Nikolic (OUSPG)
Organization: Cisco Talos
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1689 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1035981
SecurityFocus: 90876 - Google Chrome Prior to 51.0.2704.63 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 05/29/2016 00:31Updated: 12/20/2018 08:15
Changes: 05/29/2016 00:31 (84), 12/20/2018 08:15 (7)
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