Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-3970

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Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-3970

Published: February 9, 2012 / Updated: September 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU46587
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-2011-3970
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

libxslt, as used in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2011-3970

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chrome - update to 17.0.963.46

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