Multiple vulnerabilities in Techland Chrome

Published: 2012-08-09 | Updated: 2023-01-25

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2012-2862 CVE-2012-2863
CWE-ID	CWE-416 CWE-119
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Google Chrome Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers
Vendor	Google

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU43752

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2862

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing a crafted document. A remote attackers can cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Google Chrome: 21.0.1180.0 - 21.0.1180.73

CPE2.3

External links

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=136643
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137721
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137957
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14788

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU43753