Race condition in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-3961
Published: February 9, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44318
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3961
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Race condition in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a crash of a utility process.
Affected software
Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3961
Install update from vendor's website.
Google Chrome - update to 17.0.963.46