{"id":"CVE-2012-2897","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-2897","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:43:16.673Z","title":"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…","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.\"","published":"2012-09-26T10:56:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:42:18.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["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"],"epss":{"score":0.21689,"percentile":0.97616,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/stable-channel-update_25.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51239","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027750","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-318A.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=146254","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-075","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78822","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15847","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/stable-channel-update_25.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51239","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027750","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-318A.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=146254","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-075","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78822","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15847","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2897","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}