Double Free in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-2834
Published: September 19, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44728
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-2011-2834
CWE-ID: CWE-415
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 read and manipulate data.
Double free vulnerability in libxml2, as used in Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to XPath handling.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-2834
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=93472
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
- http://osvdb.org/75560
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2394
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:145
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69885
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14410