CVE-2011-3024: google chrome Improper Certificate Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2011-3024 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 16-02-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Google Chrome before 17.0.963.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an empty X.509 certificate.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.72%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
54%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.01 pp
From 0.71% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (code.google.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Google1 product
- chrome< 17.0.963.56
Ubuntu1 product
- qtwebkit-sourceAll versions (No fix recorded)
2 vendors · 2 products
References
6 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14891VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVALThird Party Advisory
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/chrome-stable-update.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=112451X Refsource CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory