CVE-2011-2879

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Google Chrome before 14.0.835.202 does not properly consider object lifetimes and thread safety during the handling of audio nodes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 14.0.835.202 — fixed in 14.0.835.202

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 14.0.835.202. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=96150
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/stable-channel-update.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14496
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=96150
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/stable-channel-update.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14496

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