MEDIUM
WebKit before r50173, as used in Google Chrome before 3.0.195.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a web page that calls the JavaScript setInterval method, which triggers an incompatibility between the WTF::currentTime and base::Time functions
Published Nov 12, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.10%
Description
WebKit before r50173, as used in Google Chrome before 3.0.195.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a web page that calls the JavaScript setInterval method, which triggers an incompatibility between the WTF::currentTime and base::Time functions.
Affected products
No data.
AND
Running on/with
OR
- ≤ 3.0.195.24
- 0.2.149.27
- 0.2.149.29
- 0.2.149.30
- 0.2.152.1
- 0.2.153.1
- 0.3.154.0
- 0.3.154.3
- 0.4.154.18
- 0.4.154.22
- 0.4.154.31
- 0.4.154.33
- 1.0.154.36
- 1.0.154.39
- 1.0.154.42
- 1.0.154.43
- 1.0.154.46
- 1.0.154.48
- 1.0.154.52
- 1.0.154.53
- 1.0.154.59
- 1.0.154.65
- 2.0.156.1
- 2.0.157.0
- 2.0.157.2
- 2.0.158.0
- 2.0.159.0
- 2.0.169.0
- 2.0.169.1
- 2.0.170.0
- 2.0.172
- 2.0.172.2
- 2.0.172.8
- 2.0.172.27
- 2.0.172.28
- 2.0.172.30
- 2.0.172.31
- 2.0.172.33
- 2.0.172.37
- 2.0.172.38
- 3.0.182.2
- 3.0.190.2
- 3.0.193.2
- 3.0.195.21
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.10% 0.03105
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03105
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.10% (0.03105) | 87.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.10% (0.03105) | 86.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.17% (0.02166) | 83.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.97% (0.04970) | 93.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.97% (0.04970) | 91.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=25892 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://codereview.chromium.org/339039 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/11/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/195/src/webkit/webkit.gyp?r1=30311&r2=30310 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=30311 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/50173 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.osvdb.org/59745 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30833 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54297 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=25892 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://codereview.chromium.org/339039 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/11/stable-channel-update.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/195/src/webkit/webkit.gyp?r1=30311&r2=30310 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=30311 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/50173 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/59745 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30833 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54297 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 12, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 12, 2009
Link CVE-2009-3933
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a