CVE-2011-1455 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Google Chrome via crafted PDF documents with multipart encoding, requiring user interaction to open the file.

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-2011-1455?

CVE-2011-1455 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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 PDF documents with multipart encoding, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted document.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1455?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1455?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1455 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2011-1455 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1455 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-hp73-59qw-rc9g.

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