CVE-2012-2857
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) DOM implementation 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 a crafted document.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 1.2% (68th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2837)
- 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-2012-2837 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- 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
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=136235
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-release.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jan/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00003.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5642
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15336
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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