CVE-2012-2818 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 20.0.1132.43, affecting the layout engine when processing CSS counters. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.