Buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-2802
Published: May 25, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU28208
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2802
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content in V8 engine in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Google Chrome
How to mitigate CVE-2011-2802
Install updates from vendor's website.
Google Chrome - update to 13.0.782.107
External References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=88591
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/08/stable-channel-update.html
- http://osvdb.org/74253
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68964
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14236