CVE-2011-0479

Google Chrome before 8.0.552.237 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.344 do not properly interact with extensions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted extension that triggers an uninitialized pointer.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=67393	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-stable-release.html	Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/70462	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42951	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45788	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2054	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64670	VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14746	Third Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=67393	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-stable-release.html	Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/70462	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42951	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45788	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2054	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64670	VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14746	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2011-01-14 17:00

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51

NVD link : CVE-2011-0479

Mitre link : CVE-2011-0479

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-0479

JSON object : View

Products Affected

google

chrome
chrome_os

CWE

CWE-824

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

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