CVE-2012-1846 - 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

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HIGH

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

Published Mar 22, 2012

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.23%

Description

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."

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-668

References (6)

http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html
x_refsource_MISCNot Applicable
http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177576000761237505
x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
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/
x_refsource_MISCPress/Media Coverage
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-google-chrome-browser-sandbox-first-to-fall/10588
x_refsource_MISCPress/Media Coverage
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74324
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14940
vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html		x_refsource_MISCNot Applicable
http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177576000761237505		x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
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/		x_refsource_MISCPress/Media Coverage
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-google-chrome-browser-sandbox-first-to-fall/10588		x_refsource_MISCPress/Media Coverage
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74324		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14940		vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 22, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Mar 22, 2012

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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