Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-1814
Published: June 9, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44983
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1814
CWE-ID: CWE-824
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
Google Chrome before 12.0.742.91 attempts to read data from an uninitialized pointer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Affected software
Google Chrome
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1814
Install update from vendor's website.
Google Chrome - update to 12.0.742.91
External References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=79362
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/06/chrome-stable-release.html
- http://osvdb.org/72784
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44829
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48129
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67897
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14565