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CVE-2012-2864

Mesa, as used in Google Chrome before 21.0.1183.0 on the Acer AC700, Cr-48, and Samsung Series 5 and 5 550 Chromebook platforms, and the Samsung Chromebox Series 3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger an "array overflow."

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-2864 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 5 products from google, from acer, from google and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-08-22T10:42:04.680

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	google	chrome_os	≤ 21.0.1180.81	No
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.0	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.1	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.2	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.3	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.4	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.5	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.6	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.7	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.8	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.9	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.10	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.11	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.13	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.14	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.15	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.17	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.18	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.31	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.32	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.33	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.34	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.35	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.36	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.37	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.38	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.39	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.41	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.46	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.47	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.48	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.49	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.50	Yes
Operating System	google	chrome_os	21.0.1180.79	Yes
Hardware	acer	ac700_chromebook	-	No
Hardware	google	cr-48_chromebook	-	No
Hardware	samsung	series_5_550_chromebook	-	No
Hardware	samsung	series_5_chromebook	-	No

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=141901 ([email protected])
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51215 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:103 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1623-1 ([email protected])
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0264 ([email protected])
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=141901 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51215 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:103 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1623-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0264 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For google's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.