CVE-2011-0780 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Google Chrome via malicious PDF print operations, requiring user interaction to trigger the vulnerability.
- 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-2011-0780?
CVE-2011-0780 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 4 Feb 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
The PDF event handler in Google Chrome before 9.0.597.84 does not properly interact with print operations, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0780?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2011-0780?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-0780 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-2011-0780 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0780 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jj6h-f87c-h586.