CVE-2011-3047

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-03-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The GPU process in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.79 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by leveraging an error in the plug-in loading mechanism.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 17.0.963.79 — fixed in 17.0.963.79
Opensuse: 12.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 17.0.963.79. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117620
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117656
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/chrome-stable-update_10.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00012.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48375
http://secunia.com/advisories/48419
http://secunia.com/advisories/48527
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-19.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52395
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73904
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14935
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117620

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