Use After Free in Google Chrome

CVE-2011-3957

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.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.4th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2011-3957: held from 0.014 to 0.013.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.013 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-3957?
CVE-2011-3957 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. Published 2012-02-09.
Is CVE-2011-3957 known to be exploited?
8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.