Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-3911
Published: December 13, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44458
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3911
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Google Chrome before 16.0.912.63 does not properly handle PDF documents, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3911
Install update from vendor's website.