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CVE-2011-1291

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
Severity7.5High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.67 %higher than 77% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Google Chrome before 10.0.648.204 does not properly handle base strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, related to a "buffer error."

CVSS

Base score
7.5
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.67 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
77
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 (1)

Google — Chrome

CWEs

References

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