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CVE-2011-0984

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
Severity5Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.87 %higher than 79% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Google Chrome before 9.0.597.94 does not properly handle plug-ins, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS

Base score
5
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.87 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
79
Score date
10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Debian — Debian LinuxGoogle — Chrome

CWEs

References

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