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CVE-2011-2838
Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 does not properly consider the MIME type during the loading of a plug-in, which has unspecified impact…
High7.5EPSS 1.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Chrome
Description
Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 does not properly consider the MIME type during the loading of a plug-in, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 59 days later
· 59 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=75070 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 75539 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14261 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- chrome-mime-type-unspecified(69865) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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