CVE-2011-0476

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-01-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Google Chrome before 8.0.552.237 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.344 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a PDF document that triggers an out-of-memory error.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 8.0.552.237 — fixed in 8.0.552.237
Google ChromeOS: before 8.0.552.344 — fixed in 8.0.552.344

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 8.0.552.237; Google ChromeOS 8.0.552.344. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=67208
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-stable-release.html
http://osvdb.org/70459
http://secunia.com/advisories/42951
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45788
http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2054
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64667
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14102
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=67208
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-stable-release.html
http://osvdb.org/70459
http://secunia.com/advisories/42951

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