Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-2855

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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-2855

Published: September 19, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU44716
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-2011-2855
CWE-ID: CWE-74
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 14.0.835.163 does not properly handle Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to a "stale node."


How to mitigate CVE-2011-2855

Install update from vendor's website.

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