CVE-2011-0473 describes a critical vulnerability affecting Google Chrome before version 8.0.552.237 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.344. This flaw stems from improper handling of CSS token sequences with CANVAS elements, leading to a "stale pointer" that can cause a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit it with low complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.0.552.344CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 8.0.552.237CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.