CVE-2011-3878

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Published Oct 25, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Race condition in Google Chrome before 15.0.874.102 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to worker process initialization.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-3832	Race condition in Google Chrome before 15.0.874.102 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to worker process initialization.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.816% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=94487
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-stable-release.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70956
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12811

History

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Subscriptions

Google Chrome

Weaknesses

CWE-362

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 11:53 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Chrome
Published: Oct 25, 2011, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 11:53 PM
Reserved: Oct 1, 2011, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:34 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 25, 2011, 7:55 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:34 PM

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