CVE-2011-2845

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: 2011-10-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Google Chrome before 15.0.874.102 does not properly handle history data, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to spoof the URL bar via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: before 6.0 — fixed in 6.0
Apple Safari: before 6.0 — fixed in 6.0
Google Chrome: before 15.0.874.102 — fixed in 15.0.874.102

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Iphone Os 6.0; Apple Safari 6.0; Google Chrome 15.0.874.102. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=86758
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-stable-release.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13044
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=86758
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-stable-release.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400

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