CVE-2011-3880 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Google Chrome before 15.0.874.102 does not prevent use of an unspecified special character as a delimiter in HTTP headers, which has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.

Published: 2011-10-25

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

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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-2011-3834	Google Chrome before 15.0.874.102 does not prevent use of an unspecified special character as a delimiter in HTTP headers, which has unknown impact and remote 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 0.00198.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95992
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-stable-release.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70958
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12672

History

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Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2011-10-25T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:53:31.191Z

Reserved: 2011-10-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-3880

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-10-25T19:55:01.477

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

Link: CVE-2011-3880

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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