Google Chrome up to 59 v8 HTML Page out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Google Chrome up to 59. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component v8. The manipulation as part of HTML Page leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-5071. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 59 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component v8. The manipulation as part of a HTML Page leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

The bug was discovered 06/05/2017. The weakness was published 10/27/2017 by Andrey Kovalev with Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team (Website). The advisory is shared at security.gentoo.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-5071 since 01/02/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 37 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 101583 (Fedora 26 : qt5-qtwebengine (2017-1e34da27f3)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236369 (Red Hat Update for chromium-browser (RHSA-2017:1399)).

Upgrading to version 59.0.3071.86 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (101583) and SecurityFocus (BID 98861†). Similar entries are available at VDB-108663, VDB-108664, VDB-108666 and VDB-108667. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 101583
Nessus Name: Fedora 26 : qt5-qtwebengine (2017-1e34da27f3)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for chromium-native_client FEDORA-2017-b8d76bef4e
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 59.0.3071.86

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: FEDORA-2017-1e34da27f3
Researcher: Andrey Kovalev
Organization: Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-5071 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5071
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-108665

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SecurityFocus: 98861 - Google Chrome Prior to 59.0.3071.86 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1038622

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/27/2017 19:47
Updated: 01/04/2023 16:46
Changes: 10/27/2017 19:47 (82), 12/01/2019 08:34 (2), 01/20/2021 20:12 (3), 01/04/2023 16:39 (3), 01/04/2023 16:46 (1)
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