Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-3955
Published: February 9, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44312
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-2011-3955
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 17.0.963.46 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger the aborting of an IndexedDB transaction.
Affected software
Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3955
Install update from vendor's website.
Google Chrome - update to 17.0.963.46