CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
54.9%
Google Chrome is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900805");
script_version("2022-02-22T15:13:46+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-02-22 15:13:46 +0000 (Tue, 22 Feb 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-07-23 21:05:26 +0200 (Thu, 23 Jul 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2578");
script_name("Google Chrome Unicode String Denial Of Service Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://websecurity.com.ua/3338/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/505092/100/0/threaded");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_google_chrome_detect_portable_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("GoogleChrome/Win/Ver");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation lets the attacker cause memory or CPU consumption,
resulting in Denial of Service condition.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Google Chrome version 2.x to 2.0.172 on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Error occurs when application fails to handle user supplied input into the
'write' method via a long Unicode string argument.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Google Chrome version 4.1.249.1064 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Google Chrome is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
chromeVer = get_kb_item("GoogleChrome/Win/Ver");
if(!chromeVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_in_range(version:chromeVer, test_version:"2.0", test_version2:"2.0.172")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:chromeVer, vulnerable_range:"2.0 - 2.0.172");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);