Rule Document 1:66664

Rule Category

BROWSER-CHROME -- Snort has detected suspicious traffic known to exploit vulnerabilities present in the Chrome browser. These rules are separate from the "browser-webkit" category; while it uses the Webkit rendering engine, there's a lot of other features to create a secondary Chrome category.

Alert Message

BROWSER-CHROME Google Chromium V8 out-of-bounds read and write attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule looks for a set of JavaScript instructions that are specific and intended to exploit an out-of-bounds vulnerability in the V8 engine of Google Chromium.

What To Look For

This rule looks for attempts to exploit an out-of-bounds vulnerability in the V8 engine of Google Chromium web browser.

Known Usage

Public information/Proof of Concept available

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group