CVE-2012-2878 is a use-after-free vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 22.0.1229.79, as well as related OpenSUSE products, stemming from improper plug-in handling. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity, and can be exploited remotely without authentication, potentially leading to denial of service or other unspecified impacts. While no public exploit code is readily available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, though it is not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog or Hot List.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 22.0.1229.78CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22.0.1229.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22.0.1229.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:22.0.1229.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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.