KLA11391 Use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome

2018-12-1200:00:00

Kaspersky Lab

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8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.018 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.0%

JSON

Detect date:

12/12/2018

Severity:

High

Description:

Use afrer free vulnerability was found in Google Chrome’s. This vulnerability related to PDFium component. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, cause denial of service.

Affected products:

Google Chrome for Windows, Mac, and Linux prior to 71.0.3578.98

Solution:

Update to the latest version. File with name old_chrome can be still detected after update. It caused by Google Chrome update policy which does not remove old versions when installing updates. Try to contact vendor for further delete instructions or ignore such kind of alerts at your own risk.
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