Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 16.0.912.77, does not perform all required initialization of values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13948
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026569
http://secunia.com/advisories/47694
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/01/stable-channel-update_23.html