CVE-2011-3957

CVE-2011-3957 describes a use-after-free vulnerability within the garbage-collection functionality of Google Chrome versions prior to 17.0.963.46, specifically impacting the handling of PDF documents. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity to cause a denial of service and potentially other unspecified impacts. While no active exploitation is noted in KEV, and public exploit intelligence like Metasploit or ExploitDB shows no available code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.