CVE-2011-3876

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-10-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Google Chrome before 15.0.874.102 does not properly handle downloading files that have whitespace characters at the end of a filename, which has unspecified impact and user-assisted remote attack vectors.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 15.0.874.102 — fixed in 15.0.874.102

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 15.0.874.102. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=90217
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-stable-release.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70954
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13042
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=90217
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-stable-release.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70954
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13042

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