Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-3059
Published: March 31, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44166
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3059
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Google Chrome before 18.0.1025.142 does not properly handle SVG text elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.
Affected software
Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3059
Install update from vendor's website.
Google Chrome - update to 18.0.1025.142
External References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=112317
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/stable-channel-release-and-beta-channel.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48618
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48691
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48763
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5485
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52762
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026877
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74409
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15200