Google Chrome up to 73 Blink Storage HTML Page integer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome up to 73 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Blink Storage. The manipulation as part of HTML Page leads to integer overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-5788. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 73 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Blink Storage. The manipulation as part of a HTML Page leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An integer overflow that leads to a use-after-free in Blink Storage in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

The bug was discovered 03/12/2019. The weakness was disclosed 05/23/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.opensuse.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-5788 since 01/09/2019. 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. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 72 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371692 (Google Chrome Prior To 73.0.3683.75 Multiple Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 73.0.3683.75 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (46571). The entries VDB-135466, VDB-135468, VDB-135469 and VDB-135470 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Integer overflow
CWE: CWE-190 / CWE-189
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 73.0.3683.75

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01/09/2019 🔍
03/12/2019 +62 days 🔍
05/23/2019 +72 days 🔍
05/24/2019 +1 days 🔍
01/20/2025 +2068 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: lists.opensuse.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-5788 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-5788
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-135467
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/24/2019 22:00
Updated: 01/20/2025 12:15
Changes: 05/24/2019 22:00 (63), 06/15/2020 11:31 (2), 01/20/2025 12:15 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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