Google Chrome 22.0.1229.94 Texture memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome 22.0.1229.94 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Texture Handler. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2012-5124. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 22.0.1229.94 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Texture Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.64 does not properly handle textures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was released 11/06/2012 by Al Patrick (Inferno) with Chromium Development Community as 51210 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. The public release was coordinated with Google. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-5124 since 09/24/2012. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/19/2021). 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 62856 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (209c068d-28be-11e2-9160-00262d5ed8ee)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 23.0.1271.64 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at google.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79871), Tenable (62856), SecurityFocus (BID 56413†), OSVDB (87078†) and Secunia (SA51210†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-6885, VDB-6886, VDB-6887 and VDB-6888. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 62856
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (209c068d-28be-11e2-9160-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 72609
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 23.0.1271.64

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: 51210⛔
Researcher: Al Patrick (Inferno)
Organization: Chromium Development Community
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-5124 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5124
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6891

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X-Force: 79871 - Google Chrome code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 56413 - Google Chrome Prior to 23.0.1271.64 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 51210 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 87078
Vulnerability Center: 37120 - Google Chrome <23.0.1271.64 Improper Textures Handling Allows Remote DoS - CVE-2012-5124, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/09/2012 10:09
Updated: 04/19/2021 07:38
Changes: 11/09/2012 10:09 (87), 04/20/2017 22:07 (3), 04/19/2021 07:38 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:291:103

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