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CVE-2012-2869

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89 does not properly load URLs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger a "stale buffer."

Affected products

• Google Chrome: through 21.0.1180.88; 21.0.1180.0, 21.0.1180.1, 21.0.1180.2, 21.0.1180.31, 21.0.1180.32, 21.0.1180.33 (+45)
• Opensuse: 12.1, 12.2

References

• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137778
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00030.html
• http://osvdb.org/85034
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78178
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15710
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137778
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00030.html
• http://osvdb.org/85034
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78178
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15710

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