Is CVE-2011-1059 being actively exploited?

CVE-2011-1059 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-1059?

CVE-2011-1059 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2011-1059

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebCore in WebKit before r77705, as used in Google Chrome before 11.0.672.2 and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that entice a user to resubmit a form, related to improper handling of provisional items by the HistoryController component, aka rdar problem 8938557.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
EPSS score: 1.4% (73th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2011-1074)
Published: February 22, 2011
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1074 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

google / chrome

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70315(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/dev-channel-update_17.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/77705(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46577(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52819(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65714(VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13943(Third Party Advisory)

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

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