Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-8664 - Numeric Errors vulnerability in Google Chrome

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
google
CWE-189
nessus
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2015-12-24
Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

Integer overflow in the WebCursor::Deserialize function in content/common/cursors/webcursor.cc in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.106 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an RGBA pixel array with crafted dimensions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6792.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Google
3748

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Exploit-Db

descriptionGoogle Chrome - Renderer Process to Browser Process Privilege Escalation. CVE-2015-8664. Dos exploits for multiple platform
idEDB-ID:39039
last seen2016-02-04
modified2015-12-18
published2015-12-18
reporterGoogle Security Research
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/39039/
titleGoogle Chrome - Renderer Process to Browser Process Privilege Escalation

Nessus

NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
NASL idUBUNTU_USN-2860-1.NASL
descriptionA race condition was discovered in the MutationObserver implementation in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via renderer crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed render process. (CVE-2015-6789) An issue was discovered with the page serializer in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to inject arbitrary script or HTML. (CVE-2015-6790) Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-6791) Multiple security issues were discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial of service via renderer crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed render process. (CVE-2015-8548) An integer overflow was discovered in the WebCursor::Deserialize function in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-8664). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id87868
published2016-01-12
reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87868
titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.04 / 15.10 : oxide-qt vulnerabilities (USN-2860-1)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2860-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(87868);
  script_version("2.11");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/18 12:31:45");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-6789", "CVE-2015-6790", "CVE-2015-6791", "CVE-2015-8548", "CVE-2015-8664");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"2860-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.04 / 15.10 : oxide-qt vulnerabilities (USN-2860-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A race condition was discovered in the MutationObserver implementation
in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial
of service via renderer crash, or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the sandboxed render process. (CVE-2015-6789)

An issue was discovered with the page serializer in Blink. If a user
were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker
could potentially exploit this to inject arbitrary script or HTML.
(CVE-2015-6790)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial
of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-6791)

Multiple security issues were discovered in V8. If a user were tricked
in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial
of service via renderer crash or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the sandboxed render process. (CVE-2015-8548)

An integer overflow was discovered in the WebCursor::Deserialize
function in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a
denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-8664).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/2860-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected liboxideqtcore0 package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liboxideqtcore0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/12/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/01/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/01/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(14\.04|15\.04|15\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 14.04 / 15.04 / 15.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.04", pkgname:"liboxideqtcore0", pkgver:"1.11.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"15.04", pkgname:"liboxideqtcore0", pkgver:"1.11.4-0ubuntu0.15.04.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"15.10", pkgname:"liboxideqtcore0", pkgver:"1.11.4-0ubuntu0.15.10.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "liboxideqtcore0");
}

References