CVE-2011-3046
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
10.0
Description
The extension subsystem in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.78 does not properly handle history navigation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging a "Universal XSS (UXSS)" issue.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
macOS Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 5.1.1 |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 12.1 | Affected | — |
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117226
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117230
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/chrome-stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47292
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48321
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48419
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48527
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-19.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5282
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52369
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026776
- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/cansecwest-pwnium-google-chrome-hacked-with-sandbox-bypass/10563
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14686
- https://plus.google.com/u/0/116651741222993143554/posts/5Eq5d9XgFqs
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117226
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117230
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/chrome-stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47292
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48321
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.