CVE-2012-2868
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-08-31 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 19:50
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Race condition in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving improper interaction between worker processes and an XMLHttpRequest (aka XHR) object.
References
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