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CVE-2012-2864

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2864 describes an array overflow vulnerability in Mesa, specifically impacting Google Chrome on certain Acer and Samsung Chromebook and Chromebox models. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with no authentication or user interaction required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
21.0.1180.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:21.0.1180.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21.0.1180.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:21.0.1180.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21.0.1180.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:21.0.1180.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21.0.1180.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:21.0.1180.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21.0.1180.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:21.0.1180.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0464 is in the 84th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-2864Important

mesa: Arbitrary code execution via unspecified vectors related to 'array overflow'

Aug 21, 2012

References

code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2012/08/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os.html
secunia.com / advisories/51215
wiki.mageia.org / en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0264
mandriva.com / security/advisories
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1623-1