CVE-2011-2841 describes a vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 14.0.835.163, where improper garbage collection during PDF document processing can lead to a denial of service or other unspecified impacts. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, exploit code for memory corruption via PDF file handling is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 14.0.835.163CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.