CVE-2011-3083 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2011-3083?

CVE-2011-3083 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 16 May 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

browser/profiles/profile_impl_io_data.cc in Google Chrome before 19.0.1084.46 does not properly handle a malformed ftp URL in the SRC attribute of a VIDEO element, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted web page.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3083?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2011-3083?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2011-3083 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3083 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-rfvv-c976-j4m3.