Buffer overflow in Google Chrome and Opensuse - CVE-2012-2879

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Buffer overflow in Google Chrome and Opensuse - CVE-2012-2879

Published: September 26, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43466
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2879
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
SUSE
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Opensuse

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DOM topology corruption) via a crafted document.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-2879

Install update from vendor's website.

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