PT-2016-6258 · Google+1 · Google Chrome+1

Phil Oester · Published 2016-08-01 · Updated 2017-07-01 · CVE-2016-5138

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 52.0.2743.85

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the kbasep vinstr attach client function, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This is achieved through a heap-based buffer overflow and use-after-free by leveraging an unrestricted multiplication.

Recommendations For versions prior to 52.0.2743.85, update to version 52.0.2743.85 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2194

CVE-2016-5138

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Google Chrome

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5138 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=631752&desc=2 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036484 · Note
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os_26.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92139 · Note
• https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/kernel/+/d65f7c158dabbb5b9e89723aceb30e874c2d748a · Note