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CVE-2009-2578 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://websecurity.com.ua/3338/	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505092/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://websecurity.com.ua/3338/	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505092/100/0/threaded	[email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
google chrome	2.0.156.1 2.0.157.0 2.0.157.2 2.0.158.0 2.0.159.0
CPE 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:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 10, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 23, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]