CVE-2012-2844 describes a critical vulnerability in the PDF functionality of Google Chrome versions prior to 20.0.1132.57. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service through incorrect object access, or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF document containing malicious JavaScript. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (Critical) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 75/100, this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.
| 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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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.