CVE-2011-2842

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Published Sep 17, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

The installer in Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 on Mac OS X does not properly handle lock files, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-2816	The installer in Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 on Mac OS X does not properly handle lock files, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.0% (1.004% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=80680
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html
http://osvdb.org/75542
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69869
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14428

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

Google Chrome

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 11:15 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Chrome
Published: Sep 17, 2011, 10:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 11:15 PM
Reserved: Jul 20, 2011, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:32 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 19, 2011, 12:02 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:32 PM

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