PT-2012-4312 · Google · Google Chrome

Published 2012-08-06 · Updated 2012-08-07 · CVE-2012-2859

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 21.0.1180.57 on Linux

Description The issue is related to the improper handling of tabs, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 21.0.1180.57 on Linux, update to version 21.0.1180.57 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2859

Affected Products

Google Chrome

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2859 · Security Note
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137541 · Note
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-release.html · Note