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CVE-2011-0985

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

Google Chrome before 9.0.597.94 does not properly perform process termination upon memory exhaustion, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 6.0, 7.0
• Google Chrome: before 9.0.597.94 — fixed in 9.0.597.94

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 9.0.597.94. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70456
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/stable-channel-update_08.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43342
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43368
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2166
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46262
• http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2190
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0408
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14506
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70456
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/stable-channel-update_08.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43342

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