CVE-2011-3019

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-02-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Matroska video (aka MKV) file.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 17.0.963.56 — fixed in 17.0.963.56

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 17.0.963.56. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=110849
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/chrome-stable-update.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48016
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14998
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=110849
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/chrome-stable-update.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48016
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14998

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