CVE-2011-3046
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 4.4%EU EUVD
The extension subsystem in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.78 does not properly handle history navigation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging a "Universal XSS (UXSS)" issue.
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-79
- EPSS score
- 4.4% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-3014)
- Published
- March 9, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-3014 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone os
- apple / safari
- google / chrome
- opensuse / opensuse
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117226(Vendor Advisory)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117230(Vendor Advisory)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/chrome-stable-channel-update.html(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00012.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47292(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48321(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48419(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48527(Not Applicable)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-19.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5282(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52369(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026776(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/cansecwest-pwnium-google-chrome-hacked-with-sandbox-bypass/10563(Press/Media Coverage)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14686(Third Party Advisory)
- https://plus.google.com/u/0/116651741222993143554/posts/5Eq5d9XgFqs(Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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