Google Chrome up to 48 v8 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome up to 48 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component v8. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-2051. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 48 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component v8. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.8.271.17, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 01/25/2016 by Cloudfuzzer (Website). The advisory is shared at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-2051 since 01/24/2016. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 88447 (RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:0072)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196380 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Oxide-qt Vulnerabilities (USN-2877-1)).

Upgrading to version 48.0.2564.82 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (88447), SecurityFocus (BID 81431†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56152†). The entries VDB-80618, VDB-80619, VDB-80620 and VDB-80621 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 88447
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:0072)
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OpenVAS ID: 803400
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities-02 Jan16 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 48.0.2564.82

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01/20/2016 🔍
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01/27/2016 +1 days 🔍
01/28/2016 +1 days 🔍
07/06/2022 +2351 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: RHSA-2016:0072
Researcher: Cloudfuzzer
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-2051 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2051
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80657
SecurityFocus: 81431 - Google V8 Prior to 4.8.271.17 Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034801
Vulnerability Center: 56152 - Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82 Remote DoS due to Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities in Google V8, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/26/2016 09:22
Updated: 07/06/2022 09:29
Changes: 01/26/2016 09:22 (64), 07/05/2018 08:50 (25), 07/06/2022 09:25 (4), 07/06/2022 09:28 (1), 07/06/2022 09:29 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:09C:103

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