Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-2345
Published: June 29, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44905
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2345
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 perform service disruption.
The NPAPI implementation in Google Chrome before 12.0.742.112 does not properly handle strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-2345
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=77493
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/06/stable-channel-update_28.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45097
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025730
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14411