Type conversion in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-1441
Published: May 4, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45072
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-2011-1441
CWE-ID: CWE-704
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.
Google Chrome before 11.0.696.57 does not properly perform a cast of an unspecified variable during handling of floating select lists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted HTML document.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1441
Install update from vendor's website.