Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-5023 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Google Chrome
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
LOW Summary
Type confusion in Histogram in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit a near null dereference via a crafted HTML page.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201701-66.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-66 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Chromium web browser. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, or perform cross-site scripting (XSS). Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96852 published 2017-01-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96852 title GLSA-201701-66 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3776.NASL description Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser. - CVE-2017-5006 Mariusz Mlynski discovered a cross-site scripting issue. - CVE-2017-5007 Mariusz Mlynski discovered another cross-site scripting issue. - CVE-2017-5008 Mariusz Mlynski discovered a third cross-site scripting issue. - CVE-2017-5009 Sean Stanek and Chip Bradford discovered an out-of-bounds memory issue in the webrtc library. - CVE-2017-5010 Mariusz Mlynski discovered a fourth cross-site scripting issue. - CVE-2017-5011 Khalil Zhani discovered a way to access unauthorized files in the developer tools. - CVE-2017-5012 Gergely Nagy discovered a heap overflow issue in the v8 JavaScript library. - CVE-2017-5013 Haosheng Wang discovered a URL spoofing issue. - CVE-2017-5014 sweetchip discovered a heap overflow issue in the skia library. - CVE-2017-5015 Armin Razmdjou discovered a URL spoofing issue. - CVE-2017-5016 Haosheng Wang discovered another URL spoofing issue. - CVE-2017-5017 danberm discovered an uninitialized memory issue in support for webm video files. - CVE-2017-5018 Rob Wu discovered a cross-site scripting issue. - CVE-2017-5019 Wadih Matar discovered a use-after-free issue. - CVE-2017-5020 Rob Wu discovered another cross-site scripting issue. - CVE-2017-5021 Rob Wu discovered a use-after-free issue in extensions. - CVE-2017-5022 PKAV Team discovered a way to bypass the Content Security Policy. - CVE-2017-5023 UK last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96885 published 2017-01-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96885 title Debian DSA-3776-1 : chromium-browser - security update NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-E83C26A8C9.NASL description This update updates QtWebEngine to the 5.9.0 release. QtWebEngine 5.9.0 is part of the Qt 5.9.0 release, but only the QtWebEngine component is included in this update. The update fixes the following security issues in QtWebEngine 5.8.0: CVE-2017-5006, CVE-2017-5007, CVE-2017-5008, CVE-2017-5009, CVE-2017-5010, CVE-2017-5011, CVE-2017-5012, CVE-2017-5013, CVE-2017-5014, CVE-2017-5015, CVE-2017-5016, CVE-2017-5017, CVE-2017-5018, CVE-2017-5019, CVE-2017-5020, CVE-2017-5021, CVE-2017-5022, CVE-2017-5023, CVE-2017-5024, CVE-2017-5025, CVE-2017-5026, CVE-2017-5027, CVE-2017-5029, CVE-2017-5032, CVE-2017-5033, CVE-2017-5034, CVE-2017-5036, CVE-2017-5039, CVE-2017-5040, CVE-2017-5044, CVE-2017-5045, CVE-2017-5046, CVE-2017-5052, CVE-2017-5053, CVE-2017-5055, CVE-2017-5057, CVE-2017-5058, CVE-2017-5059, CVE-2017-5060, CVE-2017-5061, CVE-2017-5062, CVE-2017-5065, CVE-2017-5066, CVE-2017-5067, CVE-2017-5068, and CVE-2017-5069. Other important changes include : - Based on Chromium 56.0.2924.122 with security fixes from Chromium up to version 58.0.3029.96. (5.8.0 was based on Chromium 53.0.2785.148 with security fixes from Chromium up to version 55.0.2883.75.) - [QTBUG-54650, QTBUG-59922] Accessibility is now disabled by default on Linux, like it is in Chrome, due to poor options for enabling it conditionally and its heavy performance impact. Set the environment variable `QTWEBENGINE_ENABLE_LINUX_ACCESSIBILITY` to enable it again. - [QTBUG-56531] Enabled `filesystem:` protocol handler. - [QTBUG-57720] Optimized incremental scene-graph rendering in particular for software rendering. - [QTBUG-60049] Enabled brotli support. - Many bug fixes, see https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtwebengine.git/tree/dist/cha nges-5.9.0?h=5.9 for details. In addition, this build includes a fix for https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-61521 , a binary incompatibility in QtWebEngine 5.9.0 compared to 5.8.0. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-07-17 plugin id 101740 published 2017-07-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/101740 title Fedora 26 : qt5-qtwebengine (2017-e83c26a8c9) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2017-0206.NASL description An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Chromium is an open source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink). This update upgrades Chromium to version 56.0.2924.76. Security Fix(es) : * Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by the victim. (CVE-2017-5006, CVE-2017-5007, CVE-2017-5008, CVE-2017-5009, CVE-2017-5010, CVE-2017-5011, CVE-2017-5012, CVE-2017-5013, CVE-2017-5014, CVE-2017-5015, CVE-2017-5016, CVE-2017-5017, CVE-2017-5018, CVE-2017-5019, CVE-2017-5020, CVE-2017-5021, CVE-2017-5022, CVE-2017-5023, CVE-2017-5024, CVE-2017-5025, CVE-2017-5026) last seen 2020-05-31 modified 2017-01-27 plugin id 96826 published 2017-01-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96826 title RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2017:0206) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-98BED96D12.NASL description This update updates QtWebEngine to a snapshot from the Qt 5.6 LTS (long-term support) branch. This is a snapshot of the QtWebEngine that will be included in the bugfix and security release Qt 5.6.3, but only the QtWebEngine component is included in this update. The update fixes the following security issues in QtWebEngine 5.6.2: CVE-2016-5133, CVE-2016-5147, CVE-2016-5153, CVE-2016-5155, CVE-2016-5161, CVE-2016-5166, CVE-2016-5170, CVE-2016-5171, CVE-2016-5172, CVE-2016-5181, CVE-2016-5185, CVE-2016-5186, CVE-2016-5187, CVE-2016-5188, CVE-2016-5192, CVE-2016-5198, CVE-2016-5205, CVE-2016-5207, CVE-2016-5208, CVE-2016-5214, CVE-2016-5215, CVE-2016-5221, CVE-2016-5222, CVE-2016-5224, CVE-2016-5225, CVE-2016-9650, CVE-2016-9651, CVE-2016-9652, CVE-2017-5006, CVE-2017-5007, CVE-2017-5008, CVE-2017-5009, CVE-2017-5010, CVE-2017-5012, CVE-2017-5015, CVE-2017-5016, CVE-2017-5017, CVE-2017-5019, CVE-2017-5023, CVE-2017-5024, CVE-2017-5025, CVE-2017-5026, CVE-2017-5027, CVE-2017-5029, CVE-2017-5033, CVE-2017-5037, CVE-2017-5044, CVE-2017-5046, CVE-2017-5047, CVE-2017-5048, CVE-2017-5049, CVE-2017-5050, CVE-2017-5051, CVE-2017-5059, CVE-2017-5061, CVE-2017-5062, CVE-2017-5065, CVE-2017-5067, CVE-2017-5069, CVE-2017-5070, CVE-2017-5071, CVE-2017-5075, CVE-2017-5076, CVE-2016-5078, CVE-2017-5083, and CVE-2017-5089. Other important changes include : - Based on Chromium 49.0.2623.111 (the version used in QtWebEngine 5.7.x) with security fixes from Chromium up to version 59.0.3071.104. (5.6.2 was based on Chromium 45.0.2554.101 with security fixes from Chromium up to version 52.0.2743.116.) - All other bug fixes from QtWebEngine 5.7.1 have been backported. See http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtwebengine.git/tree/dist/changes-5.6.3?h=5. 6 for details. (Please note that at the time of this writing, not all security backports are listed in that file yet. The list above is accurate.) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-07-24 plugin id 101920 published 2017-07-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/101920 title Fedora 24 : qt5-qtwebengine (2017-98bed96d12) NASL family Windows NASL id GOOGLE_CHROME_56_0_2924_76.NASL description The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 56.0.2924.76. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Document::shutdown() function in dom/Document.cpp due to a failure to clear the owner last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96828 published 2017-01-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96828 title Google Chrome < 56.0.2924.76 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-58CDE32413.NASL description This update updates QtWebEngine to the 5.9.0 release. QtWebEngine 5.9.0 is part of the Qt 5.9.0 release, but only the QtWebEngine component is included in this update. The update fixes the following security issues in QtWebEngine 5.8.0: CVE-2017-5006, CVE-2017-5007, CVE-2017-5008, CVE-2017-5009, CVE-2017-5010, CVE-2017-5011, CVE-2017-5012, CVE-2017-5013, CVE-2017-5014, CVE-2017-5015, CVE-2017-5016, CVE-2017-5017, CVE-2017-5018, CVE-2017-5019, CVE-2017-5020, CVE-2017-5021, CVE-2017-5022, CVE-2017-5023, CVE-2017-5024, CVE-2017-5025, CVE-2017-5026, CVE-2017-5027, CVE-2017-5029, CVE-2017-5032, CVE-2017-5033, CVE-2017-5034, CVE-2017-5036, CVE-2017-5039, CVE-2017-5040, CVE-2017-5044, CVE-2017-5045, CVE-2017-5046, CVE-2017-5052, CVE-2017-5053, CVE-2017-5055, CVE-2017-5057, CVE-2017-5058, CVE-2017-5059, CVE-2017-5060, CVE-2017-5061, CVE-2017-5062, CVE-2017-5065, CVE-2017-5066, CVE-2017-5067, CVE-2017-5068, and CVE-2017-5069. Other important changes include : - Based on Chromium 56.0.2924.122 with security fixes from Chromium up to version 58.0.3029.96. (5.8.0 was based on Chromium 53.0.2785.148 with security fixes from Chromium up to version 55.0.2883.75.) - [QTBUG-54650, QTBUG-59922] Accessibility is now disabled by default on Linux, like it is in Chrome, due to poor options for enabling it conditionally and its heavy performance impact. Set the environment variable `QTWEBENGINE_ENABLE_LINUX_ACCESSIBILITY` to enable it again. - [QTBUG-56531] Enabled `filesystem:` protocol handler. - [QTBUG-57720] Optimized incremental scene-graph rendering in particular for software rendering. - [QTBUG-60049] Enabled brotli support. - Many bug fixes, see https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtwebengine.git/tree/dist/cha nges-5.9.0?h=5.9 for details. In addition, this build includes a fix for https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-61521 , a binary incompatibility in QtWebEngine 5.9.0 compared to 5.8.0. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-07-13 plugin id 101504 published 2017-07-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/101504 title Fedora 25 : qt5-qtwebengine (2017-58cde32413) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2017-273.NASL description Google chromium was updated to 56.0.2924.87 : - Various small fixes - Disabled option to enable/disable plugins in the chrome://plugins - Changed the build requirement of libavformat to library version 57.41.100, as included in ffmpeg 3.1.1, as only this version properly supports the public AVStream API last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-02-22 plugin id 97313 published 2017-02-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97313 title openSUSE Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-2017-273) NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOS_GOOGLE_CHROME_56_0_2924_76.NASL description The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 56.0.2924.76. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Document::shutdown() function in dom/Document.cpp due to a failure to clear the owner last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96829 published 2017-01-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96829 title Google Chrome < 56.0.2924.76 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3180-1.NASL description Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the webview URL or other UI components, bypass same origin restrictions or other security restrictions, cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5006, CVE-2017-5007, CVE-2017-5008, CVE-2017-5009, CVE-2017-5010, CVE-2017-5011, CVE-2017-5012, CVE-2017-5014, CVE-2017-5017, CVE-2017-5019, CVE-2017-5022, CVE-2017-5023, CVE-2017-5024, CVE-2017-5025, CVE-2017-5026). 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 97083 published 2017-02-09 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97083 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : oxide-qt vulnerabilities (USN-3180-1)
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References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/651443
- https://crbug.com/651443
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66