Google Chrome up to 52.0.2743 v8 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome up to 52.0.2743 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component v8. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-5129. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Chrome up to 52.0.2743 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown function of the component v8. 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.

The weakness was disclosed 07/20/2016 by Jeonghoon Shin (Cloudfuzzer) with Tencent as Stable Channel Update, July 2016 as confirmed release notes (Website). The advisory is shared at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-5129. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/09/2022). 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 92666 (Debian DSA-3637-1 : chromium-browser - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370091 (Google Chrome Prior to 52.0.2743.82 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 52.0.2743.82 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 release notes contains the following remark:

This update includes 48 security fixes.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (92666) and SecurityFocus (BID 92053†). The entries VDB-90229, VDB-90230, VDB-90231 and VDB-90232 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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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: 92666
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-3637-1 : chromium-browser - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 855646
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for Chromium openSUSE-SU-2016:1869-1 (Chromium)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 52.0.2743.82

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05/31/2016 🔍
07/20/2016 +50 days 🔍
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07/23/2016 +3 days 🔍
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08/02/2016 +10 days 🔍
09/09/2022 +2229 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update, July 2016
Researcher: Jeonghoon Shin (Cloudfuzzer)
Organization: Tencent
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5129 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5129
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-90237

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SecurityFocus: 92053 - Google Chrome Prior to 52.0.2743.82 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036428

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2016 12:08 PM
Updated: 09/09/2022 10:00 AM
Changes: 07/23/2016 12:08 PM (74), 03/07/2019 03:40 PM (13), 09/09/2022 10:00 AM (5)
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