CVE-2012-2897

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

21.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 97.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2012-09-26 10:00Z14 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-01-28 17:10Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-05-19

Assigning CNA

Chrome

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8ea7c6a25e415f9a3dc9f8789ddcbd57398fc87e54e44961314e51ae52ca5293

• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgoogle-chrome-cve20122897(78822)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78822vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.us-cert.govTA12-318Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-318A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15847https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15847vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• www.securitytracker.com1027750http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027750vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/stable-channel-update_25.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• code.google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=146254x_refsource_CONFIRM
• docs.microsoft.comMS12-075https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-075vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• secunia.com51239http://secunia.com/advisories/51239third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA