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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2011-1802

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

WebKit in Google Chrome before Blink M11 and M12 does not properly handle counter nodes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption).

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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  • Published