CVE-2009-3933

N/A Unknown
Published: November 12, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
View on NVD

Description

WebKit before r50173, as used in Google Chrome before 3.0.195.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a web page that calls the JavaScript setInterval method, which triggers an incompatibility between the WTF::currentTime and base::Time functions.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://codereview.chromium.org/339039
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/59745
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=25892
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://codereview.chromium.org/339039
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/11/stable-channel-update.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=30311
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/50173
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/59745
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30833
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54297
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.2%
84th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

webkit google