CVE-2011-1803 Use after free in Chrome
A use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit's SVG SMIL animation handling allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash.
- 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-2011-1803?
CVE-2011-1803 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 12 Nov 2019. 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
An issue exists in third_party/WebKit/Source/WebCore/svg/animation/SVGSMILElement.h in WebKit in Google Chrome before Blink M11 and M12 when trying to access a removed smil element.
Weakness: CWE-415
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1803?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Blink.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1803?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1803 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-2011-1803 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1803 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gr6g-35w9-33vr.