Google Chrome up to 22.0.1229.75 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Google Chrome up to 22.0.1229.75. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-2883. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Chrome up to 22.0.1229.75 (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown processing. 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:

Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger an out-of-bounds write operation, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2874.

The weakness was presented 09/26/2012 by Gynvael Coldwind (Slawomir Blazek) with Google Chrome Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-2883 since 05/19/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 12/14/2021). 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 62340 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (5bae2ab4-0820-11e2-be5f-00262d5ed8ee)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165397 (SUSE Security Update for Chromium (openSUSE-SU-2012:1376-1)).

Upgrading to version 22.0.1229.76 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (78827), Tenable (62340), SecurityFocus (BID 55676†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36512†). See VDB-6550, VDB-6551, VDB-6552 and VDB-6553 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Nessus ID: 62340
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (5bae2ab4-0820-11e2-be5f-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 72445
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 22.0.1229.76

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05/19/2012 🔍
09/25/2012 +129 days 🔍
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10/14/2012 +18 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +891 days 🔍
12/14/2021 +2457 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
Researcher: Gynvael Coldwind (Slawomir Blazek)
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2883 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2883
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62453

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X-Force: 78827
SecurityFocus: 55676 - Google Chrome Prior to 22.0.1229.79 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 36512 - Google Chrome <22.0.1229.79 Skia Allows Remote DoS - CVE-2012-2883, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/14/2021 11:24
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (64), 04/18/2017 11:22 (13), 12/14/2021 11:24 (3)
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