Information disclosure in Google Chrome - CVE-2012-2891
Published: September 26, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43477
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2891
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The IPC implementation in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79 allows attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about memory addresses via unspecified vectors.
Affected software
Google Chrome
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2891
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- 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=144051
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78842
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15484