CVE-2011-2839

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-08-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The PDF implementation in Google Chrome before 13.0.782.215 on Linux does not properly use the memset library function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 13.0.782.215 — fixed in 13.0.782.215

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 13.0.782.215. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=91665
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/08/stable-channel-update_22.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14371
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=91665
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/08/stable-channel-update_22.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14371

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