CVE-2011-1459 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to Blink M11, specifically within the WebKit::WebPluginContainerImpl::handleEvent function. An unauthenticated attacker could trigger a crash by enticing a user to visit a malicious webpage leveraging the htmlpluginelement.cpp plugin. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), leading to high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< m11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:blink:*:*:*:*:*:chromium:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.