CVE-2011-0776

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-02-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The sandbox implementation in Google Chrome before 9.0.597.84 on Mac OS X might allow remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about local files via vectors related to the stat system call.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 9.0.597.84 — fixed in 9.0.597.84

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 9.0.597.84. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=42989
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/stable-channel-update.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13895
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=42989
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/stable-channel-update.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13895

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