CVE-2009-2578 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Google Chrome by sending a long Unicode string to the write method, requiring user interaction to trigger the crash.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-2578?
CVE-2009-2578 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 22 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 2.x through 2.0.172 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long Unicode string argument to the write method, a related issue to CVE-2009-2479.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2578?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2578?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2578 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2009-2578 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2578 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rr84-5976-78qm.