CVE-2012-2856
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD
The PDF functionality in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.57 on Mac OS X and Linux, and before 21.0.1180.60 on Windows and Chrome Frame, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger out-of-bounds write operations.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (66th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2836)
- Published
- August 6, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2836 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
- google / frame
- linux / linux kernel
- microsoft / windows
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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