CVE-2011-1285

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: 2011-03-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The regular-expression functionality in Google Chrome before 10.0.648.127 does not properly implement reentrancy, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 10.0.648.127 — fixed in 10.0.648.127

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 10.0.648.127. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=74662
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/chrome-stable-release.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46785
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0628
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65969
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14571
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=74662
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/chrome-stable-release.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46785
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0628
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65969
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14571

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