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CVE-2011-0479 (GCVE-0-2011-0479)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-01-14 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:51
VLAI
Summary
Google Chrome before 8.0.552.237 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.344 do not properly interact with extensions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted extension that triggers an uninitialized pointer.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2011-01-12 00:00
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