Buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-3873

 

Buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-3873

Published: October 4, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU44649
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3873
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Google Chrome before 14.0.835.202 does not properly implement shader translation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.


How to mitigate CVE-2011-3873

Install update from vendor's website.

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