What is CVE-2011-3960?

CVE-2011-3960 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. Published 2012-02-09.

Is CVE-2011-3960 known to be exploited?

8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Google Chrome

CVE-2011-3960

Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 does not properly decode audio data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2012-02-09 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.015 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Google Chrome

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-3960?: CVE-2011-3960 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. Published 2012-02-09.
Is CVE-2011-3960 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.