Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-2843
Published: September 19, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44734
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2843
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 does not properly handle media buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.
Affected software
Google Chrome
How to mitigate CVE-2011-2843
Install update from vendor's website.
Google Chrome - update to 14.0.835.163
External References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=82438
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html
- http://osvdb.org/75543
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69870
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14547