CVE-2012-2825 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2012-2825?

CVE-2012-2825 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 27 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The XSL implementation in Google Chrome before 20.0.1132.43 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect read operation) via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2825?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2825?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2012-2825 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2825 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2825, GHSA-fj65-38p4-j4mp.