Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-0984
Published: February 10, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45328
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-2011-0984
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 perform service disruption.
Google Chrome before 9.0.597.94 does not properly handle plug-ins, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-0984
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=69970
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/stable-channel-update_08.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43342
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43368
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2166
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46262
- http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2190
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0408
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14719