Use-after-free vulnerability in WebCore in WebKit before r77705, as used in Google Chrome before 11.0.672.2 and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that entice a user to resubmit a form, related to improper handling of provisional items by the HistoryController component, aka rdar problem 8938557
Published Feb 22, 2011
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.42%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in WebCore in WebKit before r77705, as used in Google Chrome before 11.0.672.2 and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that entice a user to resubmit a form, related to improper handling of provisional items by the HistoryController component, aka rdar problem 8938557.
Affected products
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.42% (0.01421) | 71.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.42% (0.01421) | 69.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.34% (0.01343) | 78.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.44% (0.02445) | 75.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.34% (0.01343) | 78.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.59% (0.00591) | 79.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.75% (0.00749) | 80.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.75% (0.00749) | 78.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70315 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/dev-channel-update_17.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/77705 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46577 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52819 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65714 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13943 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70315 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/dev-channel-update_17.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/77705 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46577 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52819 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65714 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB Entry | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13943 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
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