CVE-2012-2849
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
Off-by-one error in the GIF decoder 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 (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted image.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux-kernel | not-affected | | |
| macos | not-affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | {"endIncluding":"21.0.1180.56"} | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.0 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.1 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.2 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.31 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.32 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.33 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.34 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.35 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.36 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.37 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.38 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.39 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.41 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.46 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.47 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.48 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.49 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.50 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.51 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.52 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.53 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.54 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.55 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.56 | | |
| chrome | 21.0.1180.57 | | |
| frame | - | |
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=128163
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-release.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15653
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=128163
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-release.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15653
CWEs
CWE-189
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.