77716 : Google Chrome v8 i18n Handling Out-of-bounds Write Remote Code Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-12-13

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-3914" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The internationalization (aka i18n) functionality in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 16.0.912.63, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that trigger an out-of-bounds write.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 16.0.912.63 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

15.0.874.121

References

OVAL ID: 14840
CVE ID: 2011-3914 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 47231 47445
Related OSVDB ID: 77706 77707 77708 77709 77710 77711 77712 77713 77714 77715 77717 77718 77719 77720
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=104011 [ Auth Req'd ]
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/12/stable-channel-update.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201201-03.xml

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-12-14 | Disagree?

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