Google Chrome up to 52 PDFium memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Chrome up to 52. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component PDFium. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-5154. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 52 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component PDFium. 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.

The weakness was presented 08/31/2016 by Nicolas Golubovic (OUSPG) with Zero Day Initiative as Stable Channel Update for Desktop, August 2016 as confirmed blog post (Website). The advisory is available at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-5154 since 05/31/2016. 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. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/14/2022). 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 93394 (openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2016-2250)), 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 236086 (Red Hat Update for chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1854)).

Upgrading to version 53.0.2785.89 or 53.0.2785.92 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 (93394) and SecurityFocus (BID 92717†). See VDB-90558, VDB-90559, VDB-90560 and VDB-90561 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

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

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Nessus ID: 93394
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2016-2250)
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OpenVAS ID: 865203
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Security Updates(stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31-2016-08)-MAC OS X
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 53.0.2785.89/53.0.2785.92

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08/31/2016 +92 days 🔍
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09/04/2016 +4 days 🔍
09/09/2016 +5 days 🔍
09/11/2016 +2 days 🔍
09/14/2022 +2194 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update for Desktop, August 2016
Researcher: Nicolas Golubovic (OUSPG)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5154 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5154
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91058

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SecurityFocus: 92717 - Google Chrome Prior to 53.0.2785.89 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036729

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/04/2016 14:52
Updated: 09/14/2022 17:22
Changes: 09/04/2016 14:52 (72), 04/07/2019 21:05 (15), 09/14/2022 17:22 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:813:103

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