Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2012-2832
Published: June 27, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43942
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-2012-2832
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The image-codec implementation in the PDF functionality in Google Chrome before 20.0.1132.43 does not initialize an unspecified pointer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted document.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2832
Install update from vendor's website.