Unconfirmed Download Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2012-2847 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.57 on Mac OS X and Linux, and before 21.0.1180.60 on Windows and Chrome Frame, does not request user confirmation before continuing a large series of downloads, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted web site.

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