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Google Chrome HTTP Response Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 24 Jun 2009 5575 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

A vulnerability has been identified in Google Chrome, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when processing malformed HTTP responses, which could allow remote attackers to crash an affected browser or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a web page on a malicious HTTP server.


Impact

  • Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

  • Google Chrome versions prior to 2.0.172.33

Solutions

Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.


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