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CVE-2009-3933

Published: Nov 12, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399

No Known Exploits

Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

Affected Products

Library

OSS Libraries / generic-library

webkitoss-projectOSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=25892

code.google.com

http://codereview.chromium.org/339039

codereview.chromium.org

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/11/stable-channel-update.html

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com

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Timeline

Published

Nov 12, 2009

Last Updated

Apr 23, 2026

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