CVE-2011-1459

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-11-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

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.

Affected products

Google Blink: before m11 — fixed in m11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Blink m11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/81795
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/81891
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=76474
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/81795
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/81891
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=76474

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