Out-of-bounds Read in Google Chrome
CVE-2011-3970
libxslt, as used in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.017 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Google Chrome
- Xmlsoft Libxslt
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 10, 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 11
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131654-1.html (vendor-advisory)
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/stable-channel-update.html
- www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131656-1.html (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14818 (signature, vdb-entry)
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-3970?
- CVE-2011-3970 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. Published 2012-02-09.
- Is CVE-2011-3970 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.