CVE-2012-1846 (GCVE-0-2012-1846)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-03-22 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:08
VLAI
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2328 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2012-03-07 00:00
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