CVE-2011-3234

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 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: 2011-09-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 does not properly handle boxes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: before 5.0 — fixed in 5.0
Apple iTunes for Windows: before 10.5 — fixed in 10.5
Apple Safari: before 5.1.1 — fixed in 5.1.1
Google Chrome: before 14.0.835.163 — fixed in 14.0.835.163

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Iphone Os 5.0; Apple iTunes for Windows 10.5; Apple Safari 5.1.1; Google Chrome 14.0.835.163. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=89991
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00004.html
http://osvdb.org/75550
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4981
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5000
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69876
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14224
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=89991

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