Google Chrome before 5.0.375.127 and webkitgtk before 1.2.6 do not properly support the Ruby language, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/08/stable-channel-update_19.html | vendor advisory |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216 | vdb entry third party advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/43086 | third party advisory |
| http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=51654 | patch vendor advisory |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552 | vdb entry third party advisory |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12107 | vdb entry third party advisory signature |