Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-3906
Published: December 13, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44453
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3906
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 perform service disruption.
The PDF parser in Google Chrome before 16.0.912.63 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-2011-3906
Install update from vendor's website.
Google Chrome - update to 16.0.912.63