Google Chrome up to 44.0 v8 Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome up to 44.0 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component v8 Engine. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-1290. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 44.0 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component v8 Engine. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The Google V8 engine, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 and QtWebEngineCore in Qt before 5.5.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site.

The bug was discovered 01/21/2018. The weakness was disclosed 01/09/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.opensuse.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1290 since 01/21/2015. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/20/2019). 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 87627 (openSUSE Security Update : Qt 5 (openSUSE-2015-953)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168329 (OpenSuSE Security Update for Qt 5 (openSUSE-SU-2015:2368-1)).

Upgrading to version 44.0.2403.89 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (87627). The entries VDB-76785, VDB-77523, VDB-77524 and VDB-77526 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 87627
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : Qt 5 (openSUSE-2015-953)
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OpenVAS ID: 865870
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 July15 (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 44.0.2403.89

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01/21/2015 🔍
12/26/2015 +339 days 🔍
12/29/2015 +3 days 🔍
01/09/2018 +742 days 🔍
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01/10/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/21/2018 +11 days 🔍
12/20/2019 +698 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: lists.opensuse.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-1290 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1290
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-111527
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2018 08:04
Updated: 12/20/2019 16:34
Changes: 01/10/2018 08:04 (74), 12/20/2019 16:34 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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