CVE-2011-3916

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-12-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Google Chrome before 16.0.912.63 does not properly handle PDF cross references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 16.0.912.63 — fixed in 16.0.912.63

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 16.0.912.63. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=104959
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/12/stable-channel-update.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14315
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=104959
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/12/stable-channel-update.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14315

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