CVE-2011-3928 - Use After Free

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 16.0.912.77 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to DOM handling.

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 16.0.912.77 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to DOM handling.

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.

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