CVE-2011-0478
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
Google Chrome before 8.0.552.237 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.344 do not properly handle SVG use elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to a "stale pointer."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-0498)
- Published
- January 14, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0498 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / chrome
- google / chrome os
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=67363(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-stable-release.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/70461(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42951(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45788(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2054(Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64669(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14191(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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