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CVE-2012-2897

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 21.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-09-26 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT, as used by Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79 and other programs, do not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font file, aka "Windows Font Parsing Vulnerability" or "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Google Chrome: through 22.0.1229.78; 22.0.1229.0, 22.0.1229.1, 22.0.1229.2, 22.0.1229.3, 22.0.1229.4, 22.0.1229.6 (+46)
• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Rt: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/stable-channel-update_25.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51239
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027750
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-318A.html
• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=146254
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-075
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78822
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15847
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/stable-channel-update_25.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51239
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027750
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-318A.html

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