CVE-2012-1845 Information

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome 17.0.963.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the DEP and ASLR protection mechanisms and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors 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.\

Reference

http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177576000761237505 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/ http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-google-chrome-browser-sandbox-first-to-fall/10588 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74323 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A14843