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CVE-2011-2838

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
Severity7.5High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.03 %higher than 63% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 does not properly consider the MIME type during the loading of a plug-in, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

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
1.03 %
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 (1)

Google — Chrome

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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