CVE-2011-3040

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-03-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Google Chrome before 17.0.963.65 does not properly handle text, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted document.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: before 6.0 — fixed in 6.0
Apple iTunes for Windows: before 10.7 — fixed in 10.7
Apple Safari: before 6.0 — fixed in 6.0
Google Chrome: before 17.0.963.65 — fixed in 17.0.963.65
Opensuse: 12.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Iphone Os 6.0; Apple iTunes for Windows 10.7; Apple Safari 6.0; Google Chrome 17.0.963.65. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=114054
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/chrome-stable-update.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00012.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48265
http://secunia.com/advisories/48419
http://secunia.com/advisories/48527
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-19.xml
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5485

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