Input validation error in Opensuse and Debian Linux - CVE-2016-1650
Published: March 29, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40411
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1650
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Debian
Debian
Affected software:
Opensuse
Debian Linux
Opensuse
Debian Linux
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The PageCaptureSaveAsMHTMLFunction::ReturnFailure function in browser/extensions/api/page_capture/page_capture_api.cc in Google Chrome before 49.0.2623.108 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an error in creating an MHTML document.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-1650
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_24.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00039.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0525.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3531
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035423
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=401364
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=597518
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1761303003/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02