CVE-2011-2837 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 on Linux does not use the PIC and PIE compiler options for position-independent code, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Published: 2011-09-17

Score: 7.5 High

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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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-2011-2811	Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 on Linux does not use the PIC and PIE compiler options for position-independent code, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00228.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=57908
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html
http://osvdb.org/75538
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69864
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14139

History

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Subscriptions

Google Chrome

Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2011-09-17T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:15:31.211Z

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

Link: CVE-2011-2837

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-09-19T12:02:55.717

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

Link: CVE-2011-2837

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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