Stack-based buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-15398

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Stack-based buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-15398

Published: November 8, 2017 / Updated: June 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9126
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15398
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to stack-based buffer overflow in QUIC. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
Opensuse
qt5-qtwebengine
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2017-15398

Update to version 62.0.3202.89.

Google Chrome - update to 62.0.3202.89
qt5-qtwebengine - addressed in versions 5.9.3-1.fc25, 5.9.3-1.fc26, 5.9.3-1.fc27
chromium - addressed in versions 62.0.3202.89-1.fc25, 62.0.3202.89-1.fc26, 62.0.3202.89-1.fc27, 63.0.3239.108-1.fc26

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