CVE-2011-1798

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
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

rendering/svg/RenderSVGText.cpp in WebCore in WebKit in Google Chrome before 11.0.696.65 does not properly perform a cast of an unspecified variable during an attempt to handle a block child, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted text element in an SVG document.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 11.0.696.64

References

http://crbug.com/79595
http://launchpad.net/bugs/778822
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/84085
http://crbug.com/79595
http://launchpad.net/bugs/778822
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/84085

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