CVE-2011-2841

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-09-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 does not properly perform garbage collection during the processing of PDF documents, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 14.0.835.163 — fixed in 14.0.835.163

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 14.0.835.163. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=78639
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html
http://osvdb.org/75541
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8411
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69868
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14019
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17929/
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=78639
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html
http://osvdb.org/75541
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8411
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69868

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