CVE-2011-2345

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-06-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The NPAPI implementation in Google Chrome before 12.0.742.112 does not properly handle strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 12.0.742.112 — fixed in 12.0.742.112

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 12.0.742.112. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=77493
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/06/stable-channel-update_28.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/45097
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025730
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14411
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=77493
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/06/stable-channel-update_28.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/45097
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025730
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14411

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