CVE-2009-2578 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Google Chrome 2.x through 2.0.172 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long Unicode string argument to the write method, a related issue to CVE-2009-2479.

Published: 2009-07-22

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:2.0.156.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:2.0.157.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:2.0.157.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:2.0.158.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:2.0.159.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:2.0.172:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-2573	Google Chrome 2.x through 2.0.172 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long Unicode string argument to the write method, a related issue to CVE-2009-2479.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0082.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://websecurity.com.ua/3338/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505092/100/0/threaded

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-07-22T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:59:55.623Z

Reserved: 2009-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2578

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-22T18:30:00.530

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:09:44.990

Link: CVE-2009-2578

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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