CVE-2012-2828 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities within the PDF functionality of Google Chrome versions prior to 20.0.1132.43. These flaws allow a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF document. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is rated as medium severity, indicating that an attack requires moderate complexity but could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, suggesting a low current threat. While there is minimal community discussion and media coverage, the vulnerability has been patched in later Chrome versions.
| 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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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