Google Chrome up to 51 PDFium memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Google Chrome up to 51. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component PDFium. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-1686. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 51 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the component PDFium. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 05/25/2016 by Aleksandar Nikolic (OUSPG) with Cisco Talos as Stable Channel Update, May 2016 as confirmed release notes (Website). The advisory is available at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-1686 since 01/12/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/22/2022). 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 91351 (Google Chrome < 51.0.2704.63 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 370005 (Google Chrome Prior to 51.0.2704.63 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 51.0.2704.63 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (91351), SecurityFocus (BID 90876†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1035981†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-87298, VDB-87299, VDB-87300 and VDB-87301. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

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

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 91351
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 51.0.2704.63 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 831745
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for Chromium openSUSE-SU-2016:1430-1 (Chromium)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 51.0.2704.63

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01/12/2016 🔍
05/25/2016 +134 days 🔍
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05/27/2016 +2 days 🔍
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05/28/2016 +1 days 🔍
06/05/2016 +8 days 🔍
08/22/2022 +2269 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update, May 2016
Researcher: Aleksandar Nikolic (OUSPG)
Organization: Cisco Talos
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1686 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1686
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87666

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SecurityFocus: 90876 - Google Chrome Prior to 51.0.2704.63 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1035981

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/29/2016 00:31
Updated: 08/22/2022 14:24
Changes: 05/29/2016 00:31 (83), 12/20/2018 08:17 (7), 08/22/2022 14:24 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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