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CVE-2011-1799

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.8)—
Severity6.8Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.02 %higher than 63% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Google Chrome before 11.0.696.68 does not properly perform casts of variables during interaction with the WebKit engine, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

CVSS

Base score
6.8
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.02 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
63
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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