CVE-2011-3079

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-3079
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-05-01 10:12:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Google Chrome Prior to 18.0.1025.168 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Privilege escalation through IPC channel messages — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org
osvdb.org/81645 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:0934-1: moderate: Security update for MozillaFirefox af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisories for Thunderbird — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
1087565 - (CVE-2011-3079) IPC Channel does not validate the listener. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Google Chrome Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3260-1 iceweasel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
117627 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0892-1: important: Update to Firefo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1266-1: important: Mozilla (Firefox af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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