Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the display of a blocked popup window during navigation to a different web site.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Mozilla Firefox 3.5.8 - Style Sheet redirection Information Disclosure EDB-33664 · remote · Jan 9, 2010 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html
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- http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-65/
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=12523
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