CVE-2011-3079 describes a critical vulnerability in the Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation of Google Chrome (before 18.0.1025.168) and Mozilla Firefox (before 38.0), among other products, due to improper message validation. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with network-based attack vectors, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is old and not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, there is no public exploit code available, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting it is not actively exploited.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 18.0.1025.166CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 31.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 37.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.