CVE-2011-3884 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Google Chrome via a crafted document exploiting DOM traversal timing issues.
- 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-2011-3884?
CVE-2011-3884 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 25 Oct 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 15.0.874.102 does not properly address timing issues during DOM traversal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3884?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2011-3884?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-3884 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2011-3884 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3884 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hh5g-qff3-7gmg.