CVE-2011-3971

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% 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 user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to mousemove events.

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=110374
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%3A14960
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=110374
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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