CVE-2011-3892

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: none known
Published: 2011-11-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-415

Description

Double free vulnerability in the Theora decoder in Google Chrome before 15.0.874.120 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted stream.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 6.0
Google Chrome: before 15.0.874.120 — fixed in 15.0.874.120

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 15.0.874.120. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=100465
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/11/stable-channel-update.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/46933
http://secunia.com/advisories/49089
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2471
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:075
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:076
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14484
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=100465
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/11/stable-channel-update.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/46933
http://secunia.com/advisories/49089

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