CVE-2012-2897
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT, as used by Google Chrome before…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT, as used by Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79 and other programs, do not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font file, aka "Windows Font Parsing Vulnerability" or "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 21.69% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- google/chrome · microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows 8 · microsoft/windows rt · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows server 2012 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 21.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/stable-channel-update_25.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51239
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027750
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-318A.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=146254
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-075
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78822
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15847
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/stable-channel-update_25.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51239
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027750
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-318A.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=146254
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-075
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78822
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15847
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.