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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2010-3251

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

The WebSockets implementation in Google Chrome before 6.0.472.53 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via unspecified vectors.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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  • Published