CVE-2011-1796 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2011-1796?

CVE-2011-1796 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 26 Dec 2014. 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the FrameView::calculateScrollbarModesForLayout function in page/FrameView.cpp in WebCore in WebKit in Google Chrome before 11.0.696.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that calls the removeChild method during interaction with a FRAME element.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1796?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1796?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1796 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2011-1796 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wmr4-gx2m-7f9h.