CVE-2012-1845 (GCVE-0-2012-1845)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-03-22 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:08
VLAI
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome 17.0.963.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the DEP and ASLR protection mechanisms, and execute arbitrary code, via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012. NOTE: the primary affected product may be clarified later; it was not identified by the researcher, who reportedly stated "it really doesn't matter if it's third-party code."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2166 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2012-03-07 00:00
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