CVE-2012-2859 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2012-2859?

CVE-2012-2859 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 6 Aug 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

Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.57 on Linux does not properly handle tabs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2859?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2859?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2859 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2012-2859 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2859 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8xvj-7gv7-6w99.