CVE-2011-3040 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2011-3040?

CVE-2011-3040 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 5 Mar 2012. 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 17.0.963.65 does not properly handle text, 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-2011-3040?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Itunes, Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2011-3040?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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

Is CVE-2011-3040 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3040 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Iphone Os

• CVE-2021-30666 Apple iOS WebKit Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2021-30761 Apple iOS WebKit Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2021-30762 Apple iOS WebKit Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-4657 Apple iOS Webkit Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-7286 Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Apple Iphone Os vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7m92-63xh-fv49.