CVE-2009-2578 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions 2.x through 2.0.172. Remote attackers can trigger an application crash by supplying a lengthy Unicode string as an argument to the write method. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and requires no authentication or complex attack vectors to exploit, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.156.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:2.0.156.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.157.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:2.0.157.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.157.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:2.0.157.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.158.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:2.0.158.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.159.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:2.0.159.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.