CVE-2012-1846
Status: ModifiedHigh (10)—
Severity10High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability4.23 %higher than 91% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
Google Chrome 17.0.963.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging access to a sandboxed process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012. NOTE: the primary affected product may be clarified later; it was not identified by the researcher, who reportedly stated "it really doesn't matter if it's third-party code."
CVSS
- Base score
- 10
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 4.23 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 91
- Score date
- 10/22/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-668
References
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- http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html
- http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177576000761237505
- http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/21/meet-the-hackers-who-sell-spies-the-tools-to-crack-your-pc-and-get-paid-six-figure-fees/
- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-google-chrome-browser-sandbox-first-to-fall/10588
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74324
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14940
- http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html
- http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177576000761237505
- http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/21/meet-the-hackers-who-sell-spies-the-tools-to-crack-your-pc-and-get-paid-six-figure-fees/
- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-google-chrome-browser-sandbox-first-to-fall/10588
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74324
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14940
Raw JSON (NVD)
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