Advisory Details

February 18th, 2016

Google Chrome Pdfium JPEG2000 Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-1626
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Google
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Chrome
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['22639']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Google Chrome. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of JPEG2000 images. A specially crafted JPEG2000 image embedded inside a PDF can force Google Chrome to read memory past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Google has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/02/stable-channel-update_9.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-12-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-02-18 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Anonymous

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