The WebSockets implementation in Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via unspecified vectors.
Weakness
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | * | 14.0.835.163 (excluding) | |
| Chromium-browser | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Chromium-browser | Ubuntu | maverick | * |
| Chromium-browser | Ubuntu | natty | * |
| Chromium-browser | Ubuntu | oneiric | * |
| Chromium-browser | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Potential Mitigations
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=89795
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html
- http://osvdb.org/75549
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69875
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14047
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=89795
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html
- http://osvdb.org/75549
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69875
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14047