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CVE-2011-3873

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.8)—
Severity6.8Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.38 %higher than 72% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Google Chrome before 14.0.835.202 does not properly implement shader translation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified 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
1.38 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
72
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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