Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-0779
Published: February 4, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45366
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0779
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Google Chrome before 9.0.597.84 does not properly handle a missing key in an extension, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted extension.
Affected software
Google Chrome
How to mitigate CVE-2011-0779
Install update from vendor's website.
Google Chrome - update to 9.0.597.84
External References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=62791
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/stable-channel-update.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43782
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2192
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0671
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14540