Buffer overflow in Google Chrome and Opensuse - CVE-2012-2874
Published: September 26, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43461
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2874
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
SUSE
SUSE
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Opensuse
Google Chrome
Opensuse
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Skia, as used 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 an out-of-bounds write operation, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2883.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2874
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/stable-channel-update_25.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00012.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=132398
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78835
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15856