CVE-2012-2851 describes multiple integer overflows within the PDF functionality of Google Chrome, affecting versions prior to 21.0.1180.57 on Mac OS X and Linux, and before 21.0.1180.60 on Windows and Chrome Frame. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts through a specially crafted PDF document. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is considered medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity and potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered some community attention with one mention and one media article.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 21.0.1180.56CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.0.1180.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:21.0.1180.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.0.1180.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:21.0.1180.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.0.1180.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:21.0.1180.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.0.1180.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:21.0.1180.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.