Google Chrome up to 51 denial of service

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8.6	$5k-$25k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 51 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was presented 06/05/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at crbug.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-1703 since 01/12/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. 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 08/23/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91498 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS : oxide-qt vulnerabilities (USN-2992-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236022 (Red Hat Update for chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1201)).

Upgrading to version 51.0.2704.79 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91498). See 87741, 87742, 87743 and 87744 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Google

Name

Chrome

Version

License

free

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 91498
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS : oxide-qt vulnerabilities (USN-2992-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 865483
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Security Updates(stable-channel-update-2016-06)-MAC OS X
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 51.0.2704.79

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01/12/2016 🔍
06/05/2016 +145 days 🔍
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06/06/2016 +1 days 🔍
06/06/2016 +0 days 🔍
06/07/2016 +1 days 🔍
08/23/2022 +2268 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: USN-2992-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-1703 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1036026

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/06/2016 15:36
Updated: 08/23/2022 07:47
Changes: 06/06/2016 15:36 (68), 01/06/2019 10:24 (11), 08/23/2022 07:42 (4), 08/23/2022 07:47 (1)
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