CVE-2011-3961

Published: Feb 9, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

9.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

Race condition in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a crash of a utility process.

Affected (1)

Products: Google: Chrome

Google

1 product

Chrome

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Google Chrome	Before 17.0.963.46

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (6)

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=108871

Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/stable-channel-update.html

Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14864

Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=108871

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/stable-channel-update.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14864

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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