CVE-2011-0782 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Google Chrome on Mac OS X by exploiting a flaw in the underlying SSL libraries.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-0782?
CVE-2011-0782 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, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Google Chrome before 9.0.597.84 on Mac OS X does not properly mitigate an unspecified flaw in the Mac OS X 10.5 SSL libraries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0782?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2011-0782?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-0782 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-2011-0782 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0782 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x52q-7vm6-fq5v.