CVE-2011-1456 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Google Chrome before 11.0.696.57 does not properly handle PDF forms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to "stale pointers."

Published: 2011-05-03

Score: 6.8 Medium

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-1461	Google Chrome before 11.0.696.57 does not properly handle PDF forms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to "stale pointers."

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 0.00741.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=79364
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/chrome-stable-update.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67162
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14356

History

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Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-05-03T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:28:41.370Z

Reserved: 2011-03-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-1456

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-05-03T22:55:02.010

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

Link: CVE-2011-1456

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation

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