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CVE-2011-3966

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-02-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to error handling for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token-sequence data.

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: before 6.0 — fixed in 6.0
• Apple iTunes for Windows: before 10.7 — fixed in 10.7
• Apple Safari: before 6.0 — fixed in 6.0
• Google Chrome: before 17.0.963.46 — fixed in 17.0.963.46

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Iphone Os 6.0; Apple iTunes for Windows 10.7; Apple Safari 6.0; Google Chrome 17.0.963.46. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=109716
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/stable-channel-update.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00001.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5485
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14944
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=109716
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/stable-channel-update.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.html

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