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CVE-2012-2863

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2863 describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the PDF functionality of Google Chrome versions prior to 21.0.1180.75. 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, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 21.0.1180.74CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21.0.1180.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:21.0.1180.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21.0.1180.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:21.0.1180.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21.0.1180.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:21.0.1180.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21.0.1180.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:21.0.1180.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0108 is in the 39th 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2012/08/stable-channel-update.html
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14823