CVE-2011-2851 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 14.0.835.163, stemming from improper video handling. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, 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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.