Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-3078 - USE After Free vulnerability in Google Chrome

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
google
apple
CWE-416
nessus

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 18.0.1025.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the floating of elements, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3081.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Google
2160
Application
Apple
277
OS
Apple
100

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idITUNES_10_7.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Apple iTunes installed on the remote Windows host is older than 10.7 and is, therefore, affected by multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in WebKit.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id62077
    published2012-09-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62077
    titleApple iTunes < 10.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-1524-1.NASL
    descriptionA large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKit browser and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id61458
    published2012-08-09
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2012-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61458
    titleUbuntu 12.04 LTS : webkit vulnerabilities (USN-1524-1)
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_94C0AC4F938811E1B24200262D5ED8EE.NASL
    descriptionGoogle Chrome Releases reports : [106413] High CVE-2011-3078: Use after free in floats handling. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Marty Barbella) and independent later discovery by miaubiz. [117627] Medium CVE-2011-3079: IPC validation failure. Credit to PinkiePie. [121726] Medium CVE-2011-3080: Race condition in sandbox IPC. Credit to Willem Pinckaers of Matasano. [121899] High CVE-2011-3081: Use after free in floats handling. Credit to miaubiz. [117110] High CVE-2012-1521: Use after free in xml parser. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined) and independent later discovery by wushi of team509 reported through iDefense VCP (V-874rcfpq7z).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id58963
    published2012-05-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58963
    titleFreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (94c0ac4f-9388-11e1-b242-00262d5ed8ee)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SAFARI6_0.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X host is earlier than 6.0. It is, therefore, potentially affected by several issues : - An unspecified cross-site scripting issue exists. (CVE-2012-0678) - An error in the handling of
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id60127
    published2012-07-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60127
    titleMac OS X : Apple Safari < 6.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idGOOGLE_CHROME_18_0_1025_168.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Google Chrome installed on the remote host is earlier than 18.0.1025.168 and is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Use-after-free errors exist related to floating element handling and the xml parser. (CVE-2011-3078, CVE-2012-1521, CVE-2011-3081) - A validation error exists related to Inter-Process Communications (IPC). (CVE-2011-3079) - A race condition exists in the method
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id58954
    published2012-05-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58954
    titleGoogle Chrome < 18.0.1025.168 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2012-272.NASL
    descriptionChromium version 20.0.1128 fixes several security issues : - CVE-2011-3078: Use after free in floats handling. - CVE-2012-1521: Use after free in xml parser. - CVE-2011-3079: IPC validation failure. - CVE-2011-3080: Race condition in sandbox IPC - CVE-2011-3081: Use after free in floats handling.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-06-13
    plugin id74622
    published2014-06-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74622
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : chromium / v8 (openSUSE-SU-2012:0613-1)
  • NASL familyPeer-To-Peer File Sharing
    NASL idITUNES_10_7_BANNER.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Apple iTunes on the remote host is prior to version 10.7. It is, therefore, affected by multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in the WebKit component.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id62078
    published2012-09-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62078
    titleApple iTunes < 10.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201205-01.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201205-01 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted web site using Chromium, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-04-16
    modified2012-06-21
    plugin id59625
    published2012-06-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59625
    titleGLSA-201205-01 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

Oval

accepted2013-08-12T04:07:47.428-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameMaria Kedovskaya
    organizationALTX-SOFT
definition_extensions
commentGoogle Chrome is installed
ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11914
descriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 18.0.1025.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the floating of elements, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3081.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15616
statusaccepted
submitted2012-05-01T08:35:52.000-04:00
titleUse-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 18.0.1025.168 via vectors related to the floating of elements (a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3081)
version44