70986 : Google Chrome AudioOutputController::DoFlush Audio Handling Race Condition Issue
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-02-04

Time to Patch	Time to Vendor Response
24 days	1 days

Description

Google Chrome contains a race condition flaw in the 'AudioOutputController::DoFlush' function [media/audio/audio_output_controller.cc] that is triggered when handling audio. With a specially crafted web page, a context dependent attacker can crash the browser and potentially execute arbitrary code.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Race Condition
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 9.0.597.84 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Google, Inc.

Chrome

8.0.552.237

References

OVAL ID: 14108
CVE ID: 2011-0784 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 43193 43283
Related OSVDB ID: 70982 70983 70984 70985 70987 70988 70989 70990
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=69195
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/stable-channel-update.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2190

Credit

Unspecified Gamers - Reddit

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-02-07 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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