CVE-2011-0472 Denial of service in n/a

Critical 9.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Google Chrome via a malicious multi-page PDF document, requiring user interaction to open the file.

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-2011-0472?

CVE-2011-0472 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 14 Jan 2011. 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 8.0.552.237 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.344 do not properly handle the printing of PDF documents, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a multi-page document.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0472?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Google Chrome Os.

How do I fix CVE-2011-0472?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-0472 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-2011-0472 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-c678-3r2p-7xm8.

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