CVE-2009-3932 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2009-3932?

CVE-2009-3932 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 12 Nov 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

The Gears plugin in Google Chrome before 3.0.195.32 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and plugin crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified use of the Gears SQL API, related to putting "SQL metadata into a bad state."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3932?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3932?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3932 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-2009-3932 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3932 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-chpv-89pg-65w8.