CVE-2011-1290
Integer overflow in WebKit, as used on the Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Torch 9800 with firmware 6.0.0.246, in Google Chrome before 10.0.648.133, and in Apple Safari before 5.0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to CSS "style handling," nodesets, and a length value, as demonstrated by Vincenzo Iozzo, Willem Pinckaers, and Ralf-Philipp Weinmann during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2011.
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-189
- EPSS score
- 9.8% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1298)
- Published
- March 11, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1298 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / webkit
- rim / blackberry torch 9800
- rim / blackberry torch 9800 firmware
References
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/02/pwn2own-2011
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/stable-and-beta-channel-updates.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Apr/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Apr/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Apr/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/71182
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43735(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43748(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43782(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44151(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44154(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4596
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4607
- http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB26132
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2192
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517513/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46849
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025212
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0645(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0654(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0671
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0984(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2011-blackberry-falls-to-webkit-browser-attack/8401
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-104
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66052
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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