Is CVE-2011-0779 being actively exploited?

CVE-2011-0779 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-0779?

CVE-2011-0779 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2011-0779

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD

Google Chrome before 9.0.597.84 does not properly handle a missing key in an extension, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted extension.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 1.4% (73th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2011-0791)
Published: February 4, 2011
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0791 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
google / chrome

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=62791(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/stable-channel-update.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43782(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2192(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0671(Permissions Required)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14540(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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