National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2897
Original release date:09/26/2012
Last revised:10/10/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 7, as used by Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79 and other programs, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=146254
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/stable-channel-update_25.html
Type: Advisory