Buffer overflow in Techland Chrome



| Updated: 2020-08-09
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2016-5139
CWE-ID 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 one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU40143

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5139

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.

Multiple integer overflows in the opj_tcd_init_tile function in tcd.c in OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JPEG 2000 data.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Google Chrome: 52.0.2743.82

CPE2.3 External links

https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0559.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0838.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276
https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547
https://codereview.chromium.org/2124073003
https://crbug.com/625541
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00025.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09


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.



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