CVE-2012-2844

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The PDF functionality in Google Chrome before 20.0.1132.57 does not properly handle JavaScript code, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect object access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 20.0.1132.56; 20.0.1132.0, 20.0.1132.1, 20.0.1132.2, 20.0.1132.3, 20.0.1132.4, 20.0.1132.5 (+43)

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=133450
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-update.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15039
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=133450
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-update.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15039

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