HIGH
Use-after-free vulnerability in the garbage-collection functionality in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving PDF documents
Published Feb 9, 2012
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.35%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the garbage-collection functionality in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving PDF documents.
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.35% 0.01346
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01346
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.35% (0.01346) | 70.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.41% (0.01413) | 69.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 22, 2026 | 1.00% (0.00995) | 77.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 7, 2025 | 3.80% (0.03798) | 87.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 5, 2025 | 4.89% (0.04892) | 88.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 3, 2025 | 3.00% (0.03001) | 85.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.65% (0.00648) | 69.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00330) | 71.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00330) | 70.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00330) | 67.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00449) | 71.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (3)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=104056 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14675 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=104056 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/stable-channel-update.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14675 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Chrome
Published Feb 9, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Oct 1, 2011
Link CVE-2011-3957
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a