CVE-2011-1059

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-02-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebCore in WebKit before r77705, as used in Google Chrome before 11.0.672.2 and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that entice a user to resubmit a form, related to improper handling of provisional items by the HistoryController component, aka rdar problem 8938557.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 11.0.672.2 — fixed in 11.0.672.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 11.0.672.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70315
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/dev-channel-update_17.html
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/77705
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46577
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52819
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65714
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13943
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70315
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/dev-channel-update_17.html
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/77705
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46577
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52819

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