CVE-2009-2556 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2009-2556?

CVE-2009-2556 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 21 Jul 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Google Chrome before 2.0.172.37 allows attackers to leverage renderer access to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger excessive memory allocation.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2556?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2556?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2556 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2009-2556 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2556 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3wjg-5c66-hpr4.