CVE-2011-1291 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Google Chrome before 10.0.648.204 does not properly handle base strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, related to a "buffer error."

Published: 2011-03-25

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.7% 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

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-1299	Google Chrome before 10.0.648.204 does not properly handle base strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, related to a "buffer error."

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 0.0167.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=72517
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/stable-channel-update.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43859
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47029
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0765
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66298
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14544

History

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Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-03-25T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:21:34.195Z

Reserved: 2011-03-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-1291

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-03-25T19:55:00.840

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

Link: CVE-2011-1291

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-120
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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