CVE-2011-3885 - Use After Free

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 15.0.874.102 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to stale Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token-sequence data.

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 15.0.874.102 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to stale Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token-sequence data.

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).

Demo Examples

Use After Free

CWE-416

The following example demonstrates the weakness.


               
}
free(buf3R2);

Use After Free

CWE-416

The following code illustrates a use after free error:


               
}
free(ptr);
logError("operation aborted before commit", ptr);

When an error occurs, the pointer is immediately freed. However, this pointer is later incorrectly used in the logError function.

Overview

Type

Apple

First reported 13 years ago

2011-10-25 19:55:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-05-11 16:02:00

Affected Software

Apple iTunes

Apple Safari

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=100059

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=97599

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=98064

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=98556

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=99294

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=99880

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-stable-release.html

Vendor Advisory

APPLE-SA-2012-03-07-1

APPLE-SA-2012-03-07-2

APPLE-SA-2012-03-12-1

48274

48288

48377

1026774

chrome-stale-style-code-exec(70963)

apple-webkit-cve20113885-code-execution(73804)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13216

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=100059

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=97599

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=98064

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=98556

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=99294

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=99880

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

48274

Third Party Advisory

48288

Third Party Advisory

48377

Third Party Advisory

1026774

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

chrome-stale-style-code-exec(70963)

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

apple-webkit-cve20113885-code-execution(73804)

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13216

Third Party Advisory

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