VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2011-0479

Google Chrome before 8.0.552.237 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.344 do not properly interact with extensions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted extension that triggers an uninitialized pointer.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.61%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 1.61% probability · 75th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-824
Affected: google/chrome os · google/chrome
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=67393Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-stable-release.htmlVendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/70462Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42951Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45788Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2054Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64670VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14746Third Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=67393Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-stable-release.htmlVendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/70462Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42951Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45788Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2054Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64670VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14746Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.