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Google Chrome Multiple Memory Corruption and Spoofing Vulnerabilities

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 23 Aug 2010 5393 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Google Chrome, which could be exploited by attackers to manipulate certain information or compromise a vulnerable system. These issues are caused by memory corruptions and input validation errors related to file dialog, SVGs, text editing, history, MIME type handling, notifications, omnibox autosuggest, and Ruby and Geolocation support, which could be exploited to spoof the address bar or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

Other unspecified issues related to an external component and to Windows kernel have been addressed.


Impact

  • Remote Code Execution
  • Spoofing

System / Technologies affected

  • Google Chrome versions prior to 5.0.375.127

Solutions

Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.


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