VDB-137005 · CVE-2019-5821 · Qualys 237198

Google Chrome up to 73.0.3683.103 PDFium PDF File integer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Chrome. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component PDFium. This manipulation as part of PDF File causes integer overflow. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2019-5821. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component PDFium. The manipulation as part of a PDF File leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 74.0.3729.108 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.

The bug was discovered 04/23/2019. The weakness was published 06/27/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-5821 since 01/09/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 06/26/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 65 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 237198 (Red Hat Update for chromium-browser (RHSA-2019:1021)).

Upgrading to version 74.0.3729.108 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-136990, VDB-136991, VDB-136992 and VDB-136993. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 74.0.3729.108

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01/09/2019 🔍
04/23/2019 +104 days 🔍
06/27/2019 +65 days 🔍
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06/26/2024 +1826 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: FEDORA-2019-8fb8240d14
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-5821 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-5821
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-137005
OSVDB: - Google Chrome PDFium integer overflow

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2019 22:13
Updated: 06/26/2024 08:37
Changes: 06/27/2019 22:13 (62), 06/28/2020 16:49 (1), 10/09/2023 07:51 (4), 06/26/2024 08:37 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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