CVE-2011-1804

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-05-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

rendering/RenderBox.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r86862, as used in Google Chrome before 11.0.696.71, does not properly render floats, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to a "stale pointer."

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 11.0.696.71 — fixed in 11.0.696.71

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 11.0.696.71. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=82546
http://codereview.chromium.org/7050016
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/05/stable-channel-update_24.html
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/86862
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47965
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13992
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=82546
http://codereview.chromium.org/7050016
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/05/stable-channel-update_24.html
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/86862
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47965
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13992

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