Google Chrome up to 50.0.2661.93 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Google Chrome up to 50.0.2661.93. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-1666. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 50.0.2661.93 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.94 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was released 05/14/2016 by Atte Kettunen with OUSPG (Website). The advisory is available at crbug.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-1666 since 01/12/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90795 (Google Chrome < 50.0.2661.94 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175732 (Debian Security Update for chromium-browser (DSA 3564-1)).

Upgrading to version 50.0.2661.94 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (90795) and SecurityFocus (BID 89106†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-87380, VDB-87381, VDB-87382 and VDB-87383. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.1

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 90795
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 50.0.2661.94 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 835123
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Security Updates(stable-channel-update_28-2016-04)-Linux
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 50.0.2661.94

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01/12/2016 🔍
04/28/2016 +107 days 🔍
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04/29/2016 +1 days 🔍
05/14/2016 +15 days 🔍
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05/16/2016 +2 days 🔍
08/19/2022 +2286 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: USN-2960-1
Researcher: Atte Kettunen
Organization: OUSPG
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-1666 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1666
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87386

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SecurityFocus: 89106 - Google Chrome Prior to 50.0.2661.94 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2016 09:40
Updated: 08/19/2022 12:36
Changes: 05/16/2016 09:40 (68), 11/26/2018 10:08 (15), 08/19/2022 12:28 (3), 08/19/2022 12:36 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:ED1:103

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