Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-3925
Published: January 24, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44369
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-2011-3925
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing vectors related to a navigation entry and an interstitial page. A remote attackers can cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Affected software
Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3925
Update to version 16.0.912.75.
Google Chrome - update to 16.0.912.75
External References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=107182
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/01/stable-channel-update_23.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47449
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026487
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14538