Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-1450

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Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-1450

Published: May 4, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45081
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-2011-1450
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Google Chrome before 11.0.696.57 does not properly present file dialogs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to "dangling pointers."


How to mitigate CVE-2011-1450

Install update from vendor's website.

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