Google Chrome < 23.0.1271.91 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6628

Synopsis

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

Description

Versions of Google Chrome earlier than 23.0.1271.91 are potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An out-of-bounds read error exists related to 'Skia'. (CVE-2012-5130)

- An unspecified error exists related to chunked encoding that can result in application crashes. (CVE-2012-5132)

- Use-after-free errors exist related to 'SVG' filters and printing. (CVE-2012-5133, CVE-2012-5135)

- A buffer underflow error exists related to 'libxml'. (CVE-2012-5134)

- A cast error exists related to input element handling. (CVE-2012-5136)
Successful exploitation of any of these issues could lead to an application crash or even allow arbitrary code execution, subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to Google Chrome 23.0.1271.91 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a0938983

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 6628

Family: Web Clients

Published: 11/29/2012

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 63063

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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: 11/26/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5130

BID: 56684