CVE-2011-1442 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via node tree corruption in Google Chrome, requiring user interaction to visit malicious content.
- 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-2011-1442?
CVE-2011-1442 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 3 May 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 11.0.696.57 does not properly handle mutation events, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (node tree corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1442?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1442?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1442 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-2011-1442 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1442 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rxjm-w9m2-8q2m.