CVE-2009-2121
Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—
Severity9.3High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability2.23 %higher than 83% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
Buffer overflow in the browser kernel in Google Chrome before 2.0.172.33 allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted response.
CVSS
- Base score
- 9.3
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 2.23 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 83
- Score date
- 10/23/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-119
References
Show 16 references
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=14508
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/06/stable-beta-update-security-fix.html
- http://osvdb.org/55278
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35548
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35462
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022429
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1656
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51307
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=14508
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/06/stable-beta-update-security-fix.html
- http://osvdb.org/55278
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35548
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35462
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022429
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1656
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51307
Raw JSON (NVD)
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