Buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2012-2895
Published: September 26, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43460
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2895
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The PDF functionality in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger out-of-bounds write operations.
Affected software
Google Chrome
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2895
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/stable-channel-update_25.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=145029
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=145157
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=146460
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15773