rendering/svg/RenderSVGText.cpp in WebCore in WebKit in Google Chrome before 11.0.696.65 does not properly perform a cast of an unspecified variable during an attempt to handle a block child, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted text element in an SVG document.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-1798 is rated Moderate Risk (51.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.08%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 0.48% | 1.08% | +0.60% |
| 2 | 2025-04-11 | 0.65% | 0.48% | -0.17% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 0.65% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2011-1798 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-2011-1798 |