CVE-2011-3046

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-03-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The extension subsystem in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.78 does not properly handle history navigation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging a "Universal XSS (UXSS)" issue.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: before 5.1.1 — fixed in 5.1.1
Apple Safari: before 5.1.7 — fixed in 5.1.7
Google Chrome: before 17.0.963.78 — fixed in 17.0.963.78
Opensuse: 12.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Iphone Os 5.1.1; Apple Safari 5.1.7; Google Chrome 17.0.963.78. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117226
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117230
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/chrome-stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00012.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/47292
http://secunia.com/advisories/48321
http://secunia.com/advisories/48419
http://secunia.com/advisories/48527
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-19.xml
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5282

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