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.
References (16)
Core 16
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/#thunderbird31.7
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/04/stable-channel-update_30.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48992
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027001
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14964
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00012.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-57.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1087565
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/81645
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3260
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117627
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1012.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53309
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75271
Scores
EPSS
0.0144
EPSS Percentile
70.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (6)
google/chrome
< 18.0.1025.166
mozilla/firefox
< 31.6
mozilla/seamonkey
< 2.33.0
mozilla/thunderbird
< 31.6
opensuse/opensuse
13.1
opensuse/opensuse
13.2
Published
May 01, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026