CVE-2009-2121 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 2.0.172.33, specifically within its browser kernel. This flaw allows remote HTTP servers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code on affected systems through a specially crafted response. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but offering complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.172CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.149.29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.149.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.149.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.149.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.152.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.152.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.153.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.153.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.