CVE-2011-1796

Use-after-free vulnerability in the FrameView::calculateScrollbarModesForLayout function in page/FrameView.cpp in WebCore in WebKit in Google Chrome before 11.0.696.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that calls the removeChild method during interaction with a FRAME element.

Published: 2014-12-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-1796 is rated Moderate Risk (51.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.08%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-1796

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.65% 1.08% +0.43%
2 2025-03-30 0.69% 0.65% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.69% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-1796

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-1796

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-1796

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-1796 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (chromium-browser, oxide-qt), 10 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): DNE 4, not-affected 3, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1796

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2011-1796

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-1796

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome <= 11.0.696.64 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-1796

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