CVE-2011-1796

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-12-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the FrameView::calculateScrollbarModesForLayout function in page/FrameView.cpp in WebCore in WebKit in Google Chrome before 11.0.696.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that calls the removeChild method during interaction with a FRAME element.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 11.0.696.64

References

http://crbug.com/79055
http://launchpad.net/bugs/778822
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/84300
http://crbug.com/79055
http://launchpad.net/bugs/778822
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/84300

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