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CVE-2011-3079

The Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 18.0.1025.168, as used in Mozilla Firefox b

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.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.00331
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules3 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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opensuseall versions
google chrome<= 18.0.1025.166
mozilla firefox<= 31.6
mozilla firefox<= 37.0.2
mozilla seamonkey<= 2.33.0
mozilla thunderbird<= 31.6
mozilla thunderbird<= 38.0
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighRunning Chrome VPN Extensions via the Registry 2 VPN Extension
productmediumPotential Chrome Frame Helper DLL Sideloading
producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access
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Scoring & Timeline

10
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD01 May 2012 · 10:12 AM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117627
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/04/stable-channel-update_30.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html
http://osvdb.org/81645
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