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CVE-2011-3895

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% 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-787

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Vorbis 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=101458
• 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-2012:074
• 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%3A13551
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=101458
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/11/stable-channel-update.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46933

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