CVE-2012-2868 is a race condition vulnerability affecting Google Chrome before version 21.0.1180.89, as well as related OpenSUSE distributions. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts through improper interactions between worker processes and XMLHttpRequest objects. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it has a medium severity, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known Metasploit or ExploitDB modules, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| 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:P/I:P/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.