CVE-2011-3960 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 does not properly decode audio data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-02-09

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% 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 [-]

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-2011-3913	Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 does not properly decode audio data, 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 None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01525.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=108416
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/stable-channel-update.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3960
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14921
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3960

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.02041}`	epss `{'score': 0.01525}`

Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2012-02-09T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:53:32.631Z

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

Link: CVE-2011-3960

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-02-09T04:10:28.770

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

Link: CVE-2011-3960

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-02-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-3960 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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