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CVE-2011-3956
The extension implementation in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 does not properly handle sandboxed origins, which might allow remote…
Medium6.8EPSS 0.66%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Chrome
Description
The extension implementation in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.46 does not properly handle sandboxed origins, which might allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted extension.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.66% · top 48% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/stable-channel-update.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14906 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=103630 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2011-3909 (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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