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Google Chrome Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - May 12 (Linux)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

11 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The host is installed with Google Chrome and is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

The flaws are due to - Multiple use after free errors exists, when handling floats. - A use after free error exists within the xml parser. - An error exists within the IPC validation. - A race condition exists within the sandbox IPC.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Google Chrome version prior to 18.0.1025.168 on Linux

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to the Google Chrome 18.0.1025.168 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)