What is CVE-2011-1459?

CVE-2011-1459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Blink, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-11-05.

How severe is CVE-2011-1459?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Google Blink

CVE-2011-1459

The WebKit::WebPluginContainerImpl::handleEvent function in Google Chrome before Blink M11 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) via the htmlpluginelement.cpp plugin.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2019-11-05 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Blink

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail (Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
trac.webkit.org/changeset/81795 (Patch, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
trac.webkit.org/changeset/81891 (Patch, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-1459?: CVE-2011-1459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Blink, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2011-1459?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.