THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-2897
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-2897

Chrome vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
21.7%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT, as used by Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79 and other programs, do not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font file, aka "Windows Font Parsing Vulnerability" or "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Google
Affected product
Chrome
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2012-09-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 21.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-2897

  • Confirm whether Google Chrome is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-2897.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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