Google Chrome < 21.0.1180.75 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6536

Synopsis

The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

Versions of Google Chrome earlier than 21.0.1180.75 are potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An unspecified use-after-free error exists in the PDF viewer. (CVE-2012-2862)

- An unspecified out-of-bounds write error exists in the PDF viewer. (CVE-2012-2863)

- Successful exploitation of either issue could lead to an application crash or even allow arbitrary code execution, subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to Google Chrome 21.0.1180.75 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 6536

Family: Web Clients

Published: 8/14/2012

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 61462

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:google:chrome

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2862

BID: 54897

Detections

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