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Advisory: Google Chrome 1.0.154.59 "throw exception" Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability.

Version Affected:
1.0.154.59 . Previous versions are vulnerable too

Description:
The Google chrome browser is vulnerable to memory exhaustion based denial of service which can be triggered remotely.The vulnerability is a result of arbitrary shell code which is rendered in a script tag with an exception that is raised directly with throw statement. It makes the browser to consume memory thereby impacting the focussed window and leads to crash. The impact can be stringent based on different systems.

Proof of Concept:
http://www.secniche.org/gthr

Detection:
SecNiche confirmed this vulnerability affects Google Chrome on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 platform.The versions tested are:1.0.154.59

Disclosure Timeline:
Release Date. April 28 ,2009

Credit:
Aditya K Sood

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