Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-1118
Published: March 2, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45279
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-2011-1118
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 9.0.597.107 does not properly handle TEXTAREA elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted HTML document.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1118
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=71388
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/stable-channel-update_28.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46614
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65736
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14341