CVE-2012-2859
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
Severity7.5High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.40 %higher than 72% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.57 on Linux does not properly handle tabs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.
CVSS
- Base score
- 7.5
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 1.40 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 72
- 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-119
References
Raw JSON (NVD)
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