CVE-2009-2121

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-06-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the browser kernel in Google Chrome before 2.0.172.33 allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted response.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 2.0.172; 0.2.149.29, 0.2.149.30, 0.2.152.1, 0.2.153.1, 0.3.154.0, 0.3.154.3 (+17)

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=14508
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/06/stable-beta-update-security-fix.html
http://osvdb.org/55278
http://secunia.com/advisories/35548
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35462
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022429
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1656
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51307
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=14508
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/06/stable-beta-update-security-fix.html
http://osvdb.org/55278
http://secunia.com/advisories/35548

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