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CVE-2011-3052

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-03-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The WebGL implementation in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.83 does not properly handle CANVAS elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 18.0.1025.142 — fixed in 18.0.1025.142
• Opensuse: 12.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 18.0.1025.142. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=116637
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/stable-channel-update_21.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00000.html
• http://osvdb.org/80290
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48512
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48527
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-19.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52674
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026841
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74212
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14819
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=116637

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