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CVE-2012-2843

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2843 is a use-after-free vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 20.0.1132.57, stemming from issues with layout height tracking. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no public exploit code is available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, there has been some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness of the flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 20.0.1132.56CPE 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

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0172 is in the 58th 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

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
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2012/07/stable-channel-update.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00009.html
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15569
support.apple.com / kb/HT5485
support.apple.com / kb/HT5502