CVE-2011-1455 Memory corruption in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hp73-59qw-rc9g.