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CVE-2011-2796

MEDIUM · 6.8 CVSS v2.0 Published 2011-08-03
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 13.0.782.107 or later.
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77/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Use-after-free vulnerability in Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 13.0.782.107, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Skia graphics library used in Google Chrome before version 13.0.782.107 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code via unspecified attack vectors.

MitigationUpgrade Google Chrome to version 13.0.782.107 or later to patch the Skia use-after-free vulnerability.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
ChromeWeb browser
Affected:< 13.0.782.107

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify Google Chrome installation
    Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://settings/help, or run 'google-chrome --version' from command line
    Affected if Chrome is installed on the system
  2. Determine installed Chrome version
    On chrome://settings/help, the version number is displayed at the top of the page; from command line, the version is shown in the output
    Affected if Version number is visible and less than 13.0.782.107
  3. Confirm Skia library presence
    The Skia library (libskia.so on Linux, Skia.dll on Windows) is bundled with Chrome and loads automatically when Chrome runs; no manual check required for detection purposes
    Affected if Chrome is running and using the Skia graphics library (default behavior)
  4. Compare version against affected range
    Compare your installed version number to the affected range: any version below 13.0.782.107 is vulnerable
    Affected if Installed version is less than 13.0.782.107

You are affected if the installed Google Chrome version is less than 13.0.782.107, as this version range contains the use-after-free vulnerability in the bundled Skia graphics library.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to 13.0.782.107 or later
Fixed in 13.0.782.107
Interim mitigation

Upgrade Google Chrome to version 13.0.782.107 or later to patch the Skia use-after-free vulnerability.

Fix this in Chrome Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation1.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
5.0 hours of engineering $860
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