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CVE-2012-2816

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2816 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 20.0.1132.43 on Windows, where sandboxed processes were not properly isolated, potentially allowing remote attackers to interfere with processes. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical impact with a network-based attack vector and low complexity, leading to a complete denial of service. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it has not garnered widespread attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 20.0.1132.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.0.1132.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:20.0.1132.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.0.1132.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:20.0.1132.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.0.1132.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:20.0.1132.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.0.1132.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:20.0.1132.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0147 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2012/06/stable-channel-update_26.html
hermes.opensuse.org / messages/15075728
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15591