CVE-2011-2855 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 does not properly handle Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to a "stale node."

Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 does not properly handle Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to a "stale node."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Apple

First reported 13 years ago

2011-09-19 12:02:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-05-08 17:19:00

Affected Software

Apple iTunes

Apple Safari

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=92959

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html

Vendor Advisory

APPLE-SA-2012-03-07-1

APPLE-SA-2012-03-07-2

APPLE-SA-2012-03-12-1

75557

48274

48288

48377

1026774

chrome-stylesheet-code-execution(69882)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14485

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=92959

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

APPLE-SA-2012-03-07-1

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

APPLE-SA-2012-03-07-2

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

APPLE-SA-2012-03-12-1

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

75557

Broken Link

48274

Third Party Advisory

48288

Third Party Advisory

48377

Third Party Advisory

1026774

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

chrome-stylesheet-code-execution(69882)

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14485

Third Party Advisory

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