Google Chrome prior 61.0.3163.79 Skia memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Chrome. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Skia. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-5119. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Skia. 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:

Use of an uninitialized value in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 61.0.3163.81 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

The bug was discovered 09/05/2017. The weakness was released 09/05/2017 by Wenxu Wu as Stable Channel Update for Desktop, September 2017 as confirmed release notes (Website). The advisory is shared for download at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-5119 since 01/02/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for 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 11/14/2019). 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 103539 (Debian DSA-3985-1 : 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 370546 (Google Chrome Prior to 61.0.3163.79 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 61.0.3163.79 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (103539), SecurityFocus (BID 100610†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039291†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-106309, VDB-106310, VDB-106311 and VDB-106312. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 103539
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-3985-1 : chromium-browser - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 53754
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3985-1 (chromium-browser - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 61.0.3163.79

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update for Desktop, September 2017
Researcher: Wenxu Wu
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-5119 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5119
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-106316

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SecurityFocus: 100610 - Google Chrome Prior to 61.0.3163.79 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039291

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/10/2017 10:27
Updated: 11/14/2019 11:02
Changes: 09/10/2017 10:27 (76), 11/14/2019 11:02 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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