CVE-2011-1445 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Google Chrome via crafted SVG documents, requiring user interaction to view the 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-2011-1445?

CVE-2011-1445 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 SVG documents, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1445?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1445?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1445 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-2011-1445 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1445 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-77pm-26jj-8xv4.

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