CVE-2011-1187

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-03-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Google Chrome before 10.0.648.127 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via unspecified vectors, related to an "error message leak."

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 10.0.648.127 — fixed in 10.0.648.127
Mozilla Firefox: before 12.0 — fixed in 12.0
Mozilla Seamonkey: before 2.9 — fixed in 2.9
Mozilla Thunderbird: before 12.0 — fixed in 12.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 10.0.648.127; Mozilla Firefox 12.0; Mozilla Seamonkey 2.9; Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=69187
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/chrome-stable-release.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48972
http://secunia.com/advisories/49047
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-32.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46785
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0628
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624621
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65951
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14369
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=69187

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