#VU44186 Integer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-3045
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44186
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Google Chrome
Client/Desktop applications /
Web browsers
Vendor: Google
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Integer signedness error in the png_inflate function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.4.10beta01, as used in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.83 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3026.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Google Chrome: 17.0.963.0 - 17.0.963.82
External links
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=116162
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/stable-channel-update_21.html
https://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng;a=commit;h=a8c319a2b281af68f7ca0e2f9a28ca57b44ceb2b
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075424.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075619.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075981.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075987.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076461.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076731.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00000.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00051.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0407.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/48320
https://secunia.com/advisories/48485
https://secunia.com/advisories/48512
https://secunia.com/advisories/48554
https://secunia.com/advisories/49660
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=125311
https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2439
https://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:033
https://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026823
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799000
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14763
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
