CVE-2011-2789

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-08-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 13.0.782.107 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to instantiation of the Pepper plug-in.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 13.0.782.107 — fixed in 13.0.782.107

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 13.0.782.107. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=85808
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/08/stable-channel-update.html
http://osvdb.org/74239
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68951
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14751
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=85808
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/08/stable-channel-update.html
http://osvdb.org/74239
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68951
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14751

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