Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is an old Google Chrome browser flaw involving CSS handling. A malicious web page could potentially trigger heap corruption in Chrome before 11.0.0.0. The public bundle does not provide CVSS, detailed affected builds, active exploitation evidence, or a named patch advisory beyond the version boundary.
Executive priority
Treat this as a legacy hygiene issue unless old Chrome is present. If any pre-11 Chrome remains in production, prioritize removal because web browsing exposes users to attacker-controlled HTML.
Technical view
CVE-2011-1805 describes a bad cast in Chrome CSS processing before 11.0.0.0, potentially enabling heap corruption through crafted HTML. The record lists Google Chrome with unspecified affected versions and references Chromium bug 82633. No CWE, CVSS vector, or KEV evidence is provided.
Likely exposure
Exposure should be limited to systems running Chrome earlier than 11.0.0.0. This is mainly a concern for unmanaged legacy hosts, old virtual images, kiosks, lab systems, or embedded environments retaining obsolete Chrome builds.
Exploitation context
The source states remote attack via a crafted HTML page was possible. It does not state active exploitation, public exploit availability, exploitation reliability, sandbox impact, or post-corruption code execution details. KEV is false in the provided bundle.
Researcher notes
The public data is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, detailed advisory text, or exploitation evidence is included. Analysis should stay bounded to Chrome before 11.0.0.0 and the described CSS bad-cast heap-corruption condition.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Chrome versions across managed and unmanaged assets.
- Remove or upgrade Chrome builds earlier than 11.0.0.0.
- Check Google or Chromium guidance for historical fixed-build details.
- Restrict untrusted browsing on systems that cannot be upgraded.
- Retire legacy images containing obsolete Chrome versions.
Validation and detection
- Confirm endpoint inventory reports Chrome version data.
- Flag any Chrome installation earlier than 11.0.0.0.
- Review kiosk, lab, and golden-image baselines for obsolete browsers.
- Verify unsupported Chrome builds are removed or isolated.
- Document exceptions and compensating controls for legacy systems.
Public sources used
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- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://crbug.com/82633CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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