CVE-2012-2865 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 21.0.1180.89, also affecting Google OpenSUSE and OpenSUSE Chrome. This flaw stems from improper line breaking, allowing remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read via a specially crafted document. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity, no authentication required, and a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 21.0.1180.88CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.