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CVE-2011-2855

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-09-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 does not properly handle Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to a "stale node."

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: before 5.1 — fixed in 5.1
• Apple iTunes for Windows: before 10.6 — fixed in 10.6
• Apple Safari: before 5.1.4 — fixed in 5.1.4
• Google Chrome: before 14.0.835.163 — fixed in 14.0.835.163

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Iphone Os 5.1; Apple iTunes for Windows 10.6; Apple Safari 5.1.4; Google Chrome 14.0.835.163. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=92959
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00000.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00001.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00003.html
• http://osvdb.org/75557
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48274
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48288
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48377
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026774
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69882
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14485

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