72212 : Google Chrome Drop-Down List Handling Unspecified Stale Pointer DoS
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
11	947	about 2 years ago	11 months ago	3 times	100%

Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-04-27

Description

Google Chrome contains a flaw related to the failure to properly handle drop-down lists, which results in a stale pointer condition that may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or have other unspecified impact. No further details have been provided.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 11.0.696.57 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Google, Inc.

Chrome

10.0.648.205

References

Related OSVDB ID: 72196 72197 72198 72199 72200 72201 72202 72203 72204 72205 72206 72207 72208 72209 72210 72211 72213 72214 72215 72216 72217 72218 72219 72220
OVAL ID: 13958
CVE ID: 2011-1447 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 44375
ISS X-Force ID: 67154
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=76966 [ Auth Req'd ]
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/chrome-stable-update.html

Credit

miaubiz

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-05-04 | Disagree?

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