01 Record

CVE-2011-3046

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)"

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

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)"

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 4.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 91.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2012-03-09 00:00Z14 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 23:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2011-08-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e7145036e4d2ebea1c67ef2e9899c9c9d431ab24d461893f5a3b0bd3c2ed48b7

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

appleiphone_osNot specified—

applesafariNot specified—

googlechromeNot specified—

opensuseopensuseNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com52369http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52369vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
plus.google.comhttps://plus.google.com/u/0/116651741222993143554/posts/5Eq5d9XgFqsx_refsource_CONFIRM
googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/chrome-stable-channel-update.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com48527http://secunia.com/advisories/48527third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2012-05-07-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
code.google.comhttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117226x_refsource_CONFIRM
support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5282x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com48419http://secunia.com/advisories/48419third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2012-05-09-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00002.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0374http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00012.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
secunia.com48321http://secunia.com/advisories/48321third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14686https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14686vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
code.google.comhttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117230x_refsource_CONFIRM
security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201203-19http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-19.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
secunia.com47292http://secunia.com/advisories/47292third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.zdnet.comhttp://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/cansecwest-pwnium-google-chrome-hacked-with-sandbox-bypass/10563x_refsource_MISC
www.securitytracker.com1026776http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026776vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK