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CVE-2011-0981

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0981 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Google Chrome before version 9.0.597.94, affecting Google, Apple, and Debian products. The flaw stems from improper event handling for animations, leading to a "stale pointer" and potential unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.0.597.94CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 5.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0208 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2011/02/stable-channel-update_08.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/43342
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/43368
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14320
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4808
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4981
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4999
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2166
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/46262
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
srware.net / forum/viewtopic.php
PatchThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0408
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