CVE-2012-1846 describes a critical sandbox bypass vulnerability affecting Google Chrome 17.0.963.66 and earlier versions. This flaw allows remote attackers to escape the browser's sandbox protection mechanism, as demonstrated during the Pwn2Own 2012 competition. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While no public exploit intelligence or active exploitation is noted, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 82/100 indicates its potential danger.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 17.0.963.66CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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