CVE-2011-2794 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Google Chrome before 13.0.782.107 does not properly perform text iteration, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2011-08-03

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-2768	Google Chrome before 13.0.782.107 does not properly perform text iteration, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0083.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=87298
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/08/stable-channel-update.html
http://osvdb.org/74244
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68956
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14515

History

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Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2011-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:15:30.818Z

Reserved: 2011-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-2794

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-08-03T00:55:02.127

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-2794

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-125

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