Buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-3894
Published: November 11, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44532
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-2011-3894
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 15.0.874.120 does not properly perform VP8 decoding, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted stream.
Affected software
Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3894
Install update from vendor's website.
Google Chrome - update to 15.0.874.120