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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 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.