Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-2785
Published: August 3, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44855
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2785
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
The extensions implementation in Google Chrome before 13.0.782.107 does not properly validate the URL for the home page, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted extension.
Affected software
Google Chrome
How to mitigate CVE-2011-2785
Install update from vendor's website.
Google Chrome - update to 13.0.782.107
External References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=84402
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/08/stable-channel-update.html
- http://osvdb.org/74235
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68947
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14298