CVE-2011-3079 (GCVE-0-2011-3079)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-05-01 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:22
VLAI
Summary
The Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 18.0.1025.168, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 and other products, does not properly validate messages, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2310 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2012-04-30 00:00
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}



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