CVE-2011-3055

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-03-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-306

Description

The browser native UI in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.83 does not require user confirmation before an unpacked extension installation, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted extension.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 17.0.963.83 — fixed in 17.0.963.83
Opensuse: 12.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 17.0.963.83. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117736
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/stable-channel-update_21.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00000.html
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/74215
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15033
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117736
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/stable-channel-update_21.html

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