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CVE-2012-1845

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-03-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome 17.0.963.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the DEP and ASLR protection mechanisms, and execute arbitrary code, via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012. NOTE: the primary affected product may be clarified later; it was not identified by the researcher, who reportedly stated "it really doesn't matter if it's third-party code."

Affected products

• Google Chrome: through 17.0.963.66

References

• http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html
• http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177576000761237505
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/21/meet-the-hackers-who-sell-spies-the-tools-to-crack-your-pc-and-get-paid-six-figure-fees/
• http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-google-chrome-browser-sandbox-first-to-fall/10588
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74323
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14843
• http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html
• http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177576000761237505
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/21/meet-the-hackers-who-sell-spies-the-tools-to-crack-your-pc-and-get-paid-six-figure-fees/
• http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-google-chrome-browser-sandbox-first-to-fall/10588
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74323
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14843

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