CVE-2011-3916

Google Chrome before 16.0.912.63 does not properly handle PDF cross references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2011-12-13 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-3916 is rated Moderate Risk (42.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.53%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-3916

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 2025-03-30 0.59% 0.53% -0.05%
2 2025-03-29 0.53% 0.59% +0.05%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.53% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-3916

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-3916

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-3916

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2011-3916 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (chromium-browser), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): released 5, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3916

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-3916

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome < 16.0.912.63 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-3916

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