Google Chrome 24.0.1312.71 Web Audio Node memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 24.0.1312.71. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Web Audio Node. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-0879. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 24.0.1312.71 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Web Audio Node. 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. CVE summarizes:

Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Windows and Linux, and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X, does not properly implement web audio nodes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was published 02/21/2013 by Atte Kettunen with Oulu University Secure Programming Group as 172243 as confirmed posting (Website). The advisory is available at code.google.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-0879 since 01/07/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/29/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74920 (openSUSE Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2013:0454-1)), 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 165877 (SUSE Security Update for Chromium: Updated to 27.0.1425 (openSUSE-SU-2013:0454-1)).

Upgrading to version 25.0.1364.97 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at trac.webkit.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (74920), SecurityFocus (BID 58731†), OSVDB (90521†) and Secunia (SA52320†). Similar entries are available at VDB-7789, VDB-7791, VDB-7792 and VDB-7793. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 74920
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2013:0454-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 803314
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 March 2013 (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 25.0.1364.97
Patch: trac.webkit.org

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02/21/2013 +45 days 🔍
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02/22/2013 +1 days 🔍
02/23/2013 +1 days 🔍
02/25/2013 +2 days 🔍
03/26/2013 +29 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +444 days 🔍
04/29/2019 +1781 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: 172243
Researcher: Atte Kettunen
Organization: Oulu University Secure Programming Group
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0879 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0879
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7790

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SecurityFocus: 58731 - Google Chrome CVE-2013-0926 Unspecified Security Vulnerability
Secunia: 52320 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 90521

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/25/2013 09:41
Updated: 04/29/2019 14:15
Changes: 02/25/2013 09:41 (86), 04/29/2019 14:15 (1)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216:093:103

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