Google Chrome v8 Engine Floating Point Memory Corruption Vulnerability
RISK: Medium Risk
A vulnerability has been identified in Google Chrome, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error in the v8 engine when parsing strings into floating point numbers via the "dtoa()" implementation, which could allow remote attackers to crash an affected browser or execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox.
Impact
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
- Google Chrome versions prior to 3.0.195.24
Solutions
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
Upgrade to Google Chrome version 3.0.195.24 :
http://www.google.com/chromed
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