National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-4574

Overview

The Pickle::Pickle function in base/pickle.cc in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.224 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.343 on 64-bit Linux platforms does not properly perform pointer arithmetic, which allows remote attackers to bypass message deserialization validation, and cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact, via invalid pickle data.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: BID

Name: 45390

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45390

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-201012-01

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201012-01.xml

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=68033

Hyperlink:http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=68033

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42648

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42648

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14141

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14141

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates_13.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates_13.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=56449

Hyperlink:http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=56449

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14141

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14141