79283 : Google Chrome PDF Viewer Flate/LZW/Fax Prediction Codes Integer Overflows
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-02-15

Time to Patch
78 days

Description

Google Chrome contains integer overflow conditions in the PDF viewer related to "Flate/LZW/Fax prediction codes and other parameters". With a specially crafted PDF file, a context-dependent attacker can cause a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service or potentially execution of arbitrary code.

Classification

Location: Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 17.0.963.56 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

17.0.963.46

References

CVE ID: 2011-3015 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 48016 48866
Related OSVDB ID: 79284 79285 79286 79287 79288 79289 79290 79291 79292 79293 79294 79295
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/chrome-stable-update.html
http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3521
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=105803

Credit

scarybeasts - Google Chrome Security Team

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-02-16 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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