CVE-2011-3972 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The shader translator implementation in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-02-09

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-3925	The shader translator implementation in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01164.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=110559
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/stable-channel-update.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14550

History

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Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2012-02-09T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:53:32.482Z

Reserved: 2011-10-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-3972

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-02-09T04:10:29.237

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:34:14.017

Link: CVE-2011-3972

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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