78544 : Google Chrome Use-after-free DOM Selections Unspecified Remote DoS
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Disclosure Date
2012-01-23

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-3924" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 16.0.912.77 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to DOM selections.

Classification

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

Solution

Upgrade to version 16.0.912.77 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

16.0.912.75

References

Security Tracker: 1026569
CVE ID: 2011-3924 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 4576
Secunia Advisory ID: 47694 47717 50058 50586 50618
Related OSVDB ID: 78543 78545 78546 78547
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=106484 [ Auth Req'd ]
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/01/stable-channel-update_23.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201201-17.xml
Mail List Post: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00001.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-01-24 | Disagree?

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