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CVE-2011-3905

libxml2, as used in Google Chrome before 16.0.912.63, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-3905 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 6 products from google, from debian, from redhat and 3 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2011-12-13T21:55:01.183

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	google	chrome	< 16.0.912.63	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	5.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	6.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	6.3	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	Yes

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95465 ([email protected])
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/12/stable-channel-update.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2394 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:188 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14761 ([email protected])
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95465 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/12/stable-channel-update.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2394 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:188 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14761 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For google's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.