CVE-2011-2841 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 does not properly perform garbage collection during the processing of PDF documents, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Published: 2011-09-17

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 12.8% Moderate

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

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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 0.12762.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=78639
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html
http://osvdb.org/75541
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8411
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69868
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14019
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17929/

History

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Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:15:31.274Z

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

Link: CVE-2011-2841

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-09-19T12:02:55.810

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

Link: CVE-2011-2841

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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