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CVE-2012-2868
Race condition in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified…
Medium6.8EPSS 0.95%
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- Chrome
Description
Race condition in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving improper interaction between worker processes and an XMLHttpRequest (aka XHR) object.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.95% · top 39% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=136881 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- chrome-xhr-code-exec(78177) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 85033 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1215 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15842 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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