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)

EPSS: 0.007 (46.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Google Blink
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, 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.