Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-1455

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU45085

Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-1455

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45085
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-2011-1455
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 read and manipulate data.

Google Chrome before 11.0.696.57 does not properly handle PDF documents with multipart encoding, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted document.


How to mitigate CVE-2011-1455

Install update from vendor's website.

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