CVE-2011-2846 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 14.0.835.163, impacting various Apple and Google products that utilize the Chrome browser engine. This flaw, stemming from improper unload event handling, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is a medium-severity vulnerability requiring user interaction (medium attack complexity) to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 14.0.835.163CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.