Description
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.
Published: 2012-05-01
Score: 10.0 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3260-1 iceweasel security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-3047 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.
History

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr

Subscriptions

Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox Seamonkey Thunderbird
Opensuse Opensuse
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:22:27.368Z

Reserved: 2011-08-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-3079

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-05-01T10:12:04.157

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-3079

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses