CVE-2011-1186 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Google Chrome on Linux via crafted JavaScript due to improper handling of parallel print method calls.

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-2011-1186?

CVE-2011-1186 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 11 Mar 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 10.0.648.127 on Linux does not properly handle parallel execution of calls to the print method, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted JavaScript code.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1186?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1186?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1186 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-2011-1186 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1186 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-g7r8-gqfq-p62x.

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