CVE-2011-1059
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in WebCore in WebKit before r77705, as used in Google Chrome before 11.0.672.2 and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that entice a user to resubmit a form, related to improper handling of provisional items by the HistoryController component, aka rdar problem 8938557.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | {"endExcluding":"11.0.672.2"} | 11.0.672.2 |
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70315
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/dev-channel-update_17.html
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/77705
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46577
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52819
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65714
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13943
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70315
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/dev-channel-update_17.html
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/77705
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46577
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52819
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65714
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13943
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.