CVE-2012-2856
Google Chrome PDF Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Description
The PDF functionality in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.57 on Mac OS X and Linux, and before 21.0.1180.60 on Windows and Chrome Frame, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger out-of-bounds write operations.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 6, 2012, 3:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:39 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2012-2856
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2012-2856.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2012-2856 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2012-2856 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Source Update by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Chrome https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15053 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=135264 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-release.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=134954 [No types assigned] Removed Reference Google Inc. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=134954 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=135264 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-release.html Removed Reference Google Inc. https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15053 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15053 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15053 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 07, 2012
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-2856 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-2856
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.40 }} 0.02%
score
0.70663
percentile