6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2012-2857
Google Chrome CSS Use-After-Free DOS
Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) DOM implementation 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 a crafted document.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 6, 2012, 3:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:11 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-2857 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Google chrome
1 Apple iphone_os

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-2857 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-2857 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.

  • 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 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=136235 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5642 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15336 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00003.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-release.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jan/msg00000.html [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=136235
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-release.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jan/msg00000.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5642
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00003.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15336
  • 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:15336 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15336 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 07, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-2857 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-2012-2857 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.54 }} -0.30%

score

0.86802

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
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Availability