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CVE-2011-3062

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 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: none known
• Published: 2012-03-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-682

Description

Off-by-one error in the OpenType Sanitizer in Google Chrome before 18.0.1025.142 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted OpenType file.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 18.0.1025.142 — fixed in 18.0.1025.142
• Mozilla Firefox: before 10.0.4; before 12.0 — fixed in 10.0.4, 12.0
• Mozilla Seamonkey: before 2.9 — fixed in 2.9
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 12.0 — fixed in 12.0
• Mozilla Thunderbird ESR: before 10.0.4 — fixed in 10.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 18.0.1025.142; Mozilla Firefox 10.0.4, 12.0; Mozilla Seamonkey 2.9; Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0; Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=116524
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/stable-channel-release-and-beta-channel.html
• http://osvdb.org/80740
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48618
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48691
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48763
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48972
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49047
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-31.html

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